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du linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
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du linux command cheatsheet by Thamizhiniyan C S
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| Command | Description |
|---|---|
-0, --null
End each output line with NULL
-a or --all
Displays disk usage information for all files and directories, including hidden ones.
--apparent-size
Print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage
-B, --block-size=SIZE
Scale sizes to SIZE before printing on console
-c or --total
Shows the total disk usage in addition to individual usage for directories and files.
-d, --max-depth=N
Print total for directory only if it is N or fewer levels below command line argument
-h or --human-readable
Displays sizes in human-readable format, using units such as KB, MB, GB, etc. This option makes it easier to interpret the disk usage information.
-S, -separate-dirs
For directories, don’t include size of subdirectories
-s or --summarize
Provides a summary of the disk usage for the specified directory or file, without displaying individual usage details for subdirectories.
--time
Show time of last modification of any file or directory
--exclude
Excludes specific directories or files from disk usage calculation based on patterns or names.
To display the disk usage information for all files and directories, including hidden ones in the home directory.
You can print sizes in human-readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G), using the `-h` option.
Combine `-a` and `-h` flags together to check all files and folder sizes.
Use -c option to print total size
To print sizes to particular level, use -d option with level no.
Now try with level 2, you will get some extra directories
Get summary of file system using -s option
Print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage; although the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes in (‘sparse’) files, internal fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like.
Get the timestamp of last modified using --time option
Check the timestamp of the last modification of files and directories to 1 level.
To find the largest directories, you can use the du command with the --max-depth option.
The du command supports the -h option to display sizes in a human-readable format (e.g., KB, MB, GB).
You can combine the find command with du to identify large files.
To exclude specific directories, use the --exclude option with the du command.