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[[du]] is acronymic for '''disk usage'''
 
[[du]] is acronymic for '''disk usage'''
  
When this command is called with no parameters, it will display the amount of disk space used by each file and directory under the currenct working directory (see [[pwd]]).
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When this command is called with no parameters, it will display the amount of disk space used by each file and directory under the current working directory (see [[pwd]]).
  
 
==Common flags==
 
==Common flags==

Latest revision as of 14:31, 25 October 2007

du is acronymic for disk usage

When this command is called with no parameters, it will display the amount of disk space used by each file and directory under the current working directory (see pwd).

[edit] Common flags

-d -- used with a number to specify how many levels deep to search
-h -- use unit suffixes for sizes so as to make them human-readable

[edit] Example usage

[light@splat ~/www/paint_fx]$ du
484     ./Graphics
522     .
[light@splat ~/www/paint_fx]$ du -d 0
522     .
[light@splat ~/www/paint_fx]$ du -h
484K    ./Graphics
522K    .
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