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.
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I knew there must have been such a command ;) Thanks.
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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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