command: du
purpose: du - estimate file space usage
syntax: du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
examples:
1. To display the disk usage of /home/mercury in
human readable format
$ du -h /home/mercury
2. To display the disk usage of all files and directories
in human readable format
$ du -ah /home/mercury
3. To display total disk usage size of directory in human readable
format
$ du -sh /home/mercury
4. To display disk usage in kb, mb in human readable format
respectively
$ du -k /home/mercury
$ du -mh /home/mercury
5. To display the disk usage based on modification of time
$ du -ah --time /home/mercury
6. To display information about du command
$ du --help
regards,
dhanasekar
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