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du command: Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/du.1.html>.Solution
du — Disk usage: estimate and summarize file and directory space usage. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/du.1.html>.List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (KiB/MiB/GiB):
du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/directory}}List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size):
du -h {{path/to/directory}}Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units:
du -sh {{path/to/directory}}List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it:
du -ah {{path/to/directory}}List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to
n levels deep:du -h -d {{n}} {{path/to/directory}}List the human-readable size of all
.jpg files in subdirectories of the current directory, and show a cumulative total at the end:du -ch */*.jpgCode Snippets
List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in the given unit (KiB/MiB/GiB)
du -{{k|m|g}} {{path/to/directory}}List the sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, in human-readable form (i.e. auto-selecting the appropriate unit for each size)
du -h {{path/to/directory}}Show the size of a single directory, in human-readable units
du -sh {{path/to/directory}}List the human-readable sizes of a directory and of all the files and directories within it
du -ah {{path/to/directory}}List the human-readable sizes of a directory and any subdirectories, up to `n` levels deep
du -h -d {{n}} {{path/to/directory}}Context
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