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18 Jan, 2008

Get directory size using Linux command    

du -hs /var/www/

You may omit the directory path if you’d like to find out the size of the current directory that you are in.

du -hs

For more Linux/Unix commands, visit Useful Linux Commands page or refer to the following book.

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming

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10 Responses to “Get directory size using Linux command”

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   May 7, 2009 at 3:29 am

   I knew there must have been such a command ;) Thanks.
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   November 5, 2009 at 6:18 pm

   one additional tip

   ypu can type

   du -hs /home/public/*

   to list out all directory’s size in /home/public folder
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