DU Commands Cheat Sheet
Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for DU command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.
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# To sort directories/files by size:
du -sk *| sort -rn
# To show cumulative human-readable size:
du -sh
# To show cumulative human-readable size and dereference symlinks:
du -shL
# Show apparent size instead of disk usage (so sparse files will show greater
# than zero):
du -h --apparent-size
# To sort directories/files by size (human-readable):
du -sh * | sort -rh
# To list the 20 largest files and folders under the current working directory:
du -ma | sort -nr | head -n 20
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