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== Disk Usage Checking in Linux ==

''''du'''' – Disk Usage summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories under Linux.

To check disk usage of your current working directory, enter the following in a console window

 [root@workbox home]# du
 
 280 ./.kde/share/config
 4 ./.kde/share/servicetypes
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.counter
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.delegated
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.cancel
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.reply
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.accepted
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer/income.tentative
 36 ./.kde/share/apps/korganizer
 44 ./.kde/share/apps/kconf_update/log
 48 ./.kde/share/apps/kconf_update
 8 ./.kde/share/apps/kfileplaces
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
 8 ./.kde/share/apps/konqueror
 12 ./.kde/share/apps/kjots
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/kabc/lock
 8 ./.kde/share/apps/kabc
 4 ./.kde/share/apps/ktimetracker
 28 ./.kde/share/apps/blogilo

The above listing has been clipped due to size.

It shows you a very verbose output by default, which isn’t always extremely useful. Thankfully it also includes a lot of extra options. To find the total size of files and folders in our current directory, listed by MB:

 [root@workbox home]# du -s -m *
   44960   dwmoar
   1       lost+found
   356     xbmc
   [root@workbox home]#

For more information about the du command use the command '''du --help'''


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