In this Video we cover the du command. du estimate’s the file space usage
First we look at the du mange page and then we cover some real world examples
Use du to list files size
du [file]
Make du human readable
du -h
Use du to list directory size (summarize)
du -sh /home
Use du to summarize directory’s under a parent
du -h –max-depth=1 /etc
Du one file system
du -sxh /mnt
Exclude files from du
du –exclude=’*.gz’