Simple du command lists all folders with their corresponding size of disk plus to start with.
DU – Disk Usage
du
du
du
It takes given path as an argument
du ~/inimist/docs
du ~/inimist/docs
du ~/inimist/docs
Aggregate total of sizes of all files and folder underneath
du -s
du -s
du -s
Aggregate command works well with h option to display size in human readable format. For example, 2M, 1.3G etc.
du -sh
du -sh
du -sh
To sort by file or folder size
du | sort -n -r | less
du | sort -n -r | less
du | sort -n -r | less
To find the largest files or folders on a file system
du -a | sort -n -r | head -n 10
du -a | sort -n -r | head -n 10
du -a | sort -n -r | head -n 10
List all files greater than a threshold, sorted files by size
du -h --threshold=10M | sort -h
du -h --threshold=10M | sort -h
du -h --threshold=10M | sort -h
