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* fixup: remove excess whitespace * du: various tweaks - improve main description (include what "du" stands for) - simplify globbing example - unify nomenclature of folder/directory - minor tweaks to existing descriptions * du: a bunch of further rewordings these changes aim to improve both clarity but also the sequence of commands to make it easier to build a mental model of how the tool works. * osx/du: sync w/ changes in the linux folder * linux/du: sync w/ changes in the osx folder * remove slighly redundant «recursively» to make description simpler
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Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and folder space usage.
- List the sizes of a folder and any subfolders, in the given unit (KB/MB/GB):
du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/folder}}
- List the sizes of a folder and any subfolders, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):
du -h {{path/to/folder}}
- Show the size of a single folder, in human readable units:
du -sh {{path/to/folder}}
- List the human-readable sizes of a folder and of all the files and folders within it:
du -ah {{path/to/folder}}
- List the human-readable sizes of a folder and any subfolders, up to N levels deep:
du -h -d {{N}} {{path/to/folder}}
- List the human-readable size of all .jpg files in subfolders of the current folder, and show a cumulative total at the end:
du -ch */*.jpg