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du

du estimates file space usage. It recursively summarizes directories and supports options for units, depth, links, exclusions, and totals.

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Syntax

du [ OPTION ]... [ FILE ]...
du [ OPTION ]... --files0-from=F

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  • --apparent-size
  • --block-size=SIZE
  • --dereference
  • --exclude=PATTERN
  • --files0-from=F
  • --human-readable
  • --inodes
  • --max-depth=N

Source: du(1) - Linux manual page. Checked 2026-11-03.