DU linux command manual

DU(1)                          User Commands                           DU(1)



NAME
       du - estimate file space usage

SYNOPSIS
       du [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.

       Mandatory  arguments  to  long options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -a, --all
              write counts for all files, not just directories

       --apparent-size
              print apparent sizes, rather  than  disk  usage;  although  the
              apparent size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes
              in ('sparse') files, internal fragmentation,  indirect  blocks,
              and the like

       -B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks

       -b, --bytes
              equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1'

       -c, --total
              produce a grand total

       -D, --dereference-args
              dereference FILEs that are symbolic links

       -H     like  --si,  but  also evokes a warning; will soon change to be
              equivalent to --dereference-args (-D)

       -h, --human-readable
              print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)

       --si   like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024

       -k     like --block-size=1K

       -l, --count-links
              count sizes many times if hard linked

       -L, --dereference
              dereference all symbolic links

       -P, --no-dereference
              don't follow any symbolic links (this is the default)

       -0, --null
              end each output line with 0 byte rather than newline

       -S, --separate-dirs
              do not include size of subdirectories

       -s, --summarize
              display only a total for each argument

       -x, --one-file-system
              skip directories on different filesystems

       -X FILE, --exclude-from=FILE
              Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.

       --exclude=PATTERN Exclude files that match PATTERN.

       --max-depth=N
              print the total for a directory (or file, with --all)  only  if
              it  is  N  or  fewer  levels  below  the command line argument;
              --max-depth=0 is the same as --summarize

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of  fol-
       lowing:  kB  1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024, and so on for G,
       T, P, E, Z, Y.

PATTERNS
       PATTERN is a shell pattern (not a regular expression).  The pattern  ?
       matches  any  one character, whereas * matches any string (composed of
       zero, one or multiple characters).  For example, *.o  will  match  any
       files whose names end in .o.  Therefore, the command

              du --exclude='*.o'

       will  skip  all  files  and subdirectories ending in .o (including the
       file .o itself).

AUTHOR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Paul  Eggert,  and  Jim
       Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for du is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and du programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
       mand

              info coreutils du

       should give you access to the complete manual.



du (coreutils) 5.2.1               May 2004                             DU(1)