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du
du [options] [path]Reports how much disk space specific files and directories are actually using, recursively by default.
// FLAGS
-hhuman-readable sizes-ssummarize — total for the given path only, not every subdirectory-ainclude individual files, not just directories// EXAMPLE
du -sh /var/log — prints a single human-readable total for how much space /var/log is using.
// GOTCHA
Without -s, du prints a line for every subdirectory it recurses into — an overwhelming wall of output on a deep tree — almost always pair it with -s for a top-level answer.
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