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How to find space taken by a folder on disk?
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I have a folder /opt/XYZ. To calculate space taken by it I use a mixture of ls -lR and awk to add space taken. It is a cumbersome way of finding disk space.
I was hoping for a simpler way of finding total space taken by a folder, inclusive of subfolders and files, else i will have to convert the commandline into a shell script.
bash shell disk-usage
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I have a folder /opt/XYZ. To calculate space taken by it I use a mixture of ls -lR and awk to add space taken. It is a cumbersome way of finding disk space.
I was hoping for a simpler way of finding total space taken by a folder, inclusive of subfolders and files, else i will have to convert the commandline into a shell script.
bash shell disk-usage
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
add a comment |
I have a folder /opt/XYZ. To calculate space taken by it I use a mixture of ls -lR and awk to add space taken. It is a cumbersome way of finding disk space.
I was hoping for a simpler way of finding total space taken by a folder, inclusive of subfolders and files, else i will have to convert the commandline into a shell script.
bash shell disk-usage
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
I have a folder /opt/XYZ. To calculate space taken by it I use a mixture of ls -lR and awk to add space taken. It is a cumbersome way of finding disk space.
I was hoping for a simpler way of finding total space taken by a folder, inclusive of subfolders and files, else i will have to convert the commandline into a shell script.
bash shell disk-usage
bash shell disk-usage
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
edited Mar 28 at 11:15
nwildner
15k34581
15k34581
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
asked Mar 27 at 18:14
techprismtechprism
133
133
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The command you are looking for is du.
My most common usage is # du . -h for current directory and subdirectories.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/du1.html
The 'Root Users' website has some decent examples: https://www.rootusers.com/13-du-disk-usage-command-examples-in-linux/
answered Mar 27 at 18:19
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the-soptions is particularly useful, I find.
– glenn jackman
Mar 27 at 18:47
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du -h /opt/XYZworked. I tried with-showever the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.
– techprism
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The command you are looking for is du.
My most common usage is # du . -h for current directory and subdirectories.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/du1.html
The 'Root Users' website has some decent examples: https://www.rootusers.com/13-du-disk-usage-command-examples-in-linux/
answered Mar 27 at 18:19
0xSheepdog0xSheepdog
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the-soptions is particularly useful, I find.
– glenn jackman
Mar 27 at 18:47
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du -h /opt/XYZworked. I tried with-showever the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.
– techprism
Mar 29 at 10:33
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The command you are looking for is du.
My most common usage is # du . -h for current directory and subdirectories.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/du1.html
The 'Root Users' website has some decent examples: https://www.rootusers.com/13-du-disk-usage-command-examples-in-linux/
answered Mar 27 at 18:19
0xSheepdog0xSheepdog
1,69111024
1
the-soptions is particularly useful, I find.
– glenn jackman
Mar 27 at 18:47
1
du -h /opt/XYZworked. I tried with-showever the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.
– techprism
Mar 29 at 10:33
add a comment |
The command you are looking for is du.
My most common usage is # du . -h for current directory and subdirectories.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/du1.html
The 'Root Users' website has some decent examples: https://www.rootusers.com/13-du-disk-usage-command-examples-in-linux/
answered Mar 27 at 18:19
0xSheepdog0xSheepdog
1,69111024
The command you are looking for is du.
My most common usage is # du . -h for current directory and subdirectories.
http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/du1.html
The 'Root Users' website has some decent examples: https://www.rootusers.com/13-du-disk-usage-command-examples-in-linux/
answered Mar 27 at 18:19
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the-soptions is particularly useful, I find.
– glenn jackman
Mar 27 at 18:47
1
du -h /opt/XYZworked. I tried with-showever the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.
– techprism
Mar 29 at 10:33
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the-soptions is particularly useful, I find.
– glenn jackman
Mar 27 at 18:47
1
du -h /opt/XYZworked. I tried with-showever the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.
– techprism
Mar 29 at 10:33
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-s options is particularly useful, I find.– glenn jackman
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-s options is particularly useful, I find.– glenn jackman
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du -h /opt/XYZ worked. I tried with -s however the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.– techprism
Mar 29 at 10:33
du -h /opt/XYZ worked. I tried with -s however the i could not make sense of the number that is displayed. Im accepting the answer given above as it worked for me.– techprism
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