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DU(1) User Commands DU(1)
NAME
du - estimate file space usage
SYNOPSIS
du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
du [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
DESCRIPTION
Summarize disk usage of the set of FILEs, recursively for directo‐
ries.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
options too.
-0, --null
end each output line with NUL, not newline
-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
scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., '-BM'
prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes; see SIZE format
below
-b, --bytes
equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1'
-c, --total
produce a grand total
-D, --dereference-args
dereference only symlinks that are listed on the command
line
-d, --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
--files0-from=F
summarize disk usage of the NUL-terminated file names spec‐
ified in file F; if F is -, then read names from standard
input
-H equivalent to --dereference-args (-D)
-h, --human-readable
print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
--inodes
list inode usage information instead of block usage
-k like --block-size=1K
-L, --dereference
dereference all symbolic links
-l, --count-links
count sizes many times if hard linked
-m like --block-size=1M
-P, --no-dereference
don't follow any symbolic links (this is the default)
-S, --separate-dirs
for directories do not include size of subdirectories
--si like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
-s, --summarize
display only a total for each argument
-t, --threshold=SIZE
exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, or entries
greater than SIZE if negative
--time show time of the last modification of any file in the
directory, or any of its subdirectories
--time=WORD
show time as WORD instead of modification time: atime,
access, use, ctime or status
--time-style=STYLE
show times using STYLE, which can be: full-iso, long-iso,
iso, or +FORMAT; FORMAT is interpreted like in 'date'
-X, --exclude-from=FILE
exclude files that match any pattern in FILE
--exclude=PATTERN
exclude files that match PATTERN
-x, --one-file-system
skip directories on different file systems
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Display values are in units of the first available SIZE from
--block-size, and the DU_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE and BLOCKSIZE
environment variables. Otherwise, units default to 1024 bytes (or
512 if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set).
The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is
10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,...
(powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M,
and so on.
PATTERNS
PATTERN is a shell pattern (not a regular expression). The pat‐
tern ? 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 com‐
mand
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
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
utils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationpro‐
ject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/du>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) du invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.32 April 2020 DU(1)