Linux "du" Command Line Options and Examples
estimate file space usage

Summarize disk usage of the set of FILEs, recursively for directories. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.


Usage:

du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
    du [OPTION]... --files0-from=F




Command Line Options:

-0
end each output line with NUL, not newline
du -0 ...
-a
write counts for all files, not just directories
du -a ...
--apparent-size
print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage; although the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes in('sparse') files, internal fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like
du --apparent-size ...
-B
scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes; see SIZE format below
du -B ...
-b
equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1'
du -b ...
-c
produce a grand total
du -c ...
-D
dereference only symlinks that are listed on the command line
du -D ...
-d
print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument;
du -d ...
--max-depth
is the same as --summarize
du --max-depth ...
--files0-from
summarize disk usage of the NUL-terminated file names specified in file F; if F is -, then read names from standard input
du --files0-from ...
-H
equivalent to --dereference-args (-D)
du -H ...
-h
print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
du -h ...
--inodes
list inode usage information instead of block usage
du --inodes ...
-k
like --block-size=1K
du -k ...
-L
dereference all symbolic links
du -L ...
-l
count sizes many times if hard linked
du -l ...
-m
like --block-size=1M
du -m ...
-P
don't follow any symbolic links (this is the default)
du -P ...
-S
for directories do not include size of subdirectories
du -S ...
--si
but use powers of 1000 not 1024
du --si ...
-s
display only a total for each argument
du -s ...
-t
exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, or entries greater than SIZE if negative
du -t ...
--time
show time of the last modification of any file in the directory, or any of its subdirectories
du --time ...
--time-style
show times using STYLE, which can be: full-iso, long-iso, iso, or +FORMAT; FORMAT is interpreted like in 'date'
du --time-style ...
-X
exclude files that match any pattern in FILE
du -X ...
--exclude
exclude files that match PATTERN
du --exclude ...
-x
skip directories on different file systems
du -x ...
--help
display this help and exit
du --help ...
--version
output version information and exitDisplay values are in units of the first available SIZE from --block-size, and the DU_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE and BLOCKSIZE environ‐ment variables. Otherwise, units default to 1024 bytes (or 512 if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set).The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,...(powers of 1000).PATTERNSPATTERN is a shell pattern (not a regular expression). The pattern ? matches any one character, whereas * matches any string (com‐posed of zero, one or multiple characters). For example, *.o will match any files whose names end in .o. Therefore, the commanddu --exclude='*.o'will skip all files and subdirectories ending in .o (including the file .o itself).AUTHORWritten by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert, and Jim Meyering.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report du translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
du --version ...