⊕ Usage

du [ options ] [ files-or-directories ]

⊕ Purpose

 

Show the space usage in one or more directory trees.

⊕ Major options

 

-k

 

Show space in kilobytes rather than (system-dependent) blocks.

 

Show only a one-line summary for each argument.

⊕ Behavior

 

For each file or directory argument, or for the current directory if no such arguments are given, du normally produces one output line containing an integer representing the usage, followed by the name of the file or directory. Unless the -s option is given, each directory argument is searched recursively, with one report line for each nested directory.

⊕ Caveats

 

du's output is not sorted.