[glug-t] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (DU)

One Day One GNU/Linux Command 
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du -- Print the file's disk space usage.

Summary:

du summarize disk usage of each file/Dir, recursively for directories
and print the info in different format. Normally the size is printed
in units of 1024 bytes.

Examples:

$ du -- Show the disk usage of present and it's all sub Dirs
        (Recursively).

$ du -a -- Show the files size also along with the Dir.

$ du -h -- Show sizes in the Human readable format (1K, 2M).

$ du -S -- Don't include the Sub Dirs size.

$ du -s -- Show total size of the current Dir. No detailed listing.

$ du -X MyExcPat -- Exclude all files, which is matching with the 
                    patterns(*txt, *awk, *.c) in the 'MyExcPat' file.

$ du --exclude="*.pdf" -- Exclude all PDF files.

$ du --max-depth=2 -- Travel only 2 level depth below the current Dir.

$ du -b MyFile -- Show the 'MyFile' size in Bytes.

$ du -h MyDir -- Show the 'MyDir' size in Human readable form.

Read: man du

HTH :)
--
Bharathi S

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