In the output, the first column is the disk usage amount and the second column is the list of files present in that directory.<\/p>\n
The first column shows the number of disk blocks the corresponding file is occupying.<\/p>\n
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- Need the output in a format that human can understand? Use the \u201c-h\u201d option. It tells the \u201cdu\u201d to show output in \u201cHuman Readable Format\u201d.<\/li>\n
- Use \u201c-a\u201d flag for displaying the disk usage of all the files and directories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As you\u2019ve noticed, you can use multiple flags together with \u201cdu\u201d.<\/p>\n
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- For identifying just how much disk space is a directory consuming, use \u201c-s\u201d flag.<\/li>\n
- You can also use the \u201c-c\u201d flag for getting the total size of the directory at the last line of the output.\n
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- Need to check out the last time of file modification? You have to use \u201c\u2013time\u201d flag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
du -ha –time ~\/Downloads\/
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- Are you interested in excluding specific file types, for example, MP4 or PDF? Then use the \u201c\u2013exclude=PATTERN\u201d parameter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
du -ha –exclude=*.svg ~\/Downloads\/<\/p>\n
More \u201cdu\u201d commands<\/h2>\n
\u201cdu\u201d offers a huge collection of features. You can find out all of them using the man page for \u201cdu\u201d.
Every time you need help, you don\u2019t have to open up a terminal and run the command again. You can dump the guide into a text file. Run the following command \u2013<\/p>\n
man du > ~\/Desktop\/du.txt<\/p>\n
- Are you interested in excluding specific file types, for example, MP4 or PDF? Then use the \u201c\u2013exclude=PATTERN\u201d parameter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Need to check out the last time of file modification? You have to use \u201c\u2013time\u201d flag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n