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The \u2018du\u2019 command in Linux is a standard Unix\/Linux command to check the capacity of the disk used by files and directories on a machine. There are several parameter options in which the du command utilized to get the results in many formats. Additionally, the du command used in a recurrent manner.<\/p>\n

Below are the ten useful \u2018du\u2019 commands with their examples. That will help you to calculate the disk space occupied by the files and directories in Linux.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. To calculate the disk space summary of a \/home\/bodhost directory tree along with its sub-directories, enter the below command \u2013\n
    [root@bodhost]# du\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost

    40\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads
    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins
    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions
    12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla
    12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.ssh
    689112\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10
    689360\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    The output displays the number of disk blocks in the \/home\/bodhost directory as well as its sub-directories.<\/p>\n
    If you want the results in \u201cHuman Readable Format\u201d, use the \u201c-h\u201d option with the \u201cdu\u201d command. With this command, you will see the sizes in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, etc.<\/p>\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -h \/home\/bodhost

    40K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/downloads
    4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins
    4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions
    12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla
    12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.ssh
    673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10
    674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. For get the summary of a grand total disk usage size of a directory. The option \u201c-s\u201d can be used as follows \u2013\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -sh \/home\/bodhost

    674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  4. You can use \u201c-a\u201d flag with \u201cdu\u201d command for displaying the files and directories\u2019 usage.\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -a \/home\/bodhost

    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.bash_logout
    12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz
    24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2
    40\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/downloads
    12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz
    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins
    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions
    12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla
    4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bashrc
    689108\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\/ubuntu-12.10-server-i386.iso
    689112\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10
    689360\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  5. If you use the \u201c-a\u201d flag with \u201c-h\u201d, you will get the output in a human-readable format i.e. Kilobytes, Megabytes, etc.\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -ah \/home\/bodhost\r\n\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bash_logout\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz\r\n24K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2\r\n40K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.bashrc\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\/ubuntu-12.10-server-i386.iso\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\r\n674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   \/home\/bodhost <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  6. To find the disk usage of a directory tree with its sub-trees in Kilobyte blocks, use the \u201c-k\u201d. Note: the size displayed in 1024 bytes units.\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -k \/home\/bodhost\r\n\r\n40\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/downloads\r\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins\r\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions\r\n12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\r\n12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/home\/bodhost\/.ssh\r\n689112\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\r\n689360\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  7. To get the information about disk usage of the directory tree and its sub-trees in Megabytes (MB). Only, use the \u201c-mh\u201d as follows. The \u201c-m\u201d flag calculates the blocks in MB units and \u201c-h\u201d stands for human-readable format.\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -mh \/home\/bodhost\r\n\r\n40K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.ssh\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\r\n674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  8. If you need to calculate the grand total usage of disk space at the last line, use the \u201c-c\u201d flag. For example, if your directory has required 674MB space than the last two lines of the output will be as below \u2013\n
    [root@bodhost]# du -ch \/home\/bodhost\r\n\r\n40K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.ssh\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\r\n674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\r\n674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 total <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  9. If you want to exclude the \u201c.txt\u201d files while calculating the total directory size, use the flag \u201c-exclude\u201d and the output will be seen as below \u2013\n
    [root@tecmint]# du -ah --exclude=\"*.txt\" \/home\/tecmint\r\n\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bash_logout\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz\r\n24K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\/Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2\r\n40K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/downloads\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/uploadprogress-1.0.3.1.tgz\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bash_history\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bash_profile\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/plugins\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\/extensions\r\n12K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.mozilla\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.bashrc\r\n24K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Phpfiles-org.tar.bz2\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/geoipupdate.sh\r\n4.0K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/.zshrc\r\n120K\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/goaccess-0.4.2.tar.gz.1\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\/ubuntu-12.10-server-i386.iso\r\n673M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost\/Ubuntu-12.10\r\n674M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/home\/bodhost<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  10. Use the flag \u201c-time\u201d for displaying the disk usage based on time modification as below \u2013\n
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