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The below command will show all the folder that have space greater then 500000 bytes and ordered.
 
The below command will show all the folder that have space greater then 500000 bytes and ordered.
 
   du -k ./* | awk '$1 > 500000' | sort -nr
 
   du -k ./* | awk '$1 > 500000' | sort -nr
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The below command shows the current folder and how much
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  du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -hr

Revision as of 14:15, 20 June 2019

du or Disk Usage is a tool used to find the amount of space used up. This is useful when trying to clean up space or just see what is taking up a lot.

The below command will show all the folders and how much space they use up.

 du -k ./*

The below command will show all the folders that have space greater than 500000 bytes.

 du -k ./* | awk '$1 > 500000'

The below command will show all the folder that have space greater then 500000 bytes and ordered.

 du -k ./* | awk '$1 > 500000' | sort -nr

The below command shows the current folder and how much

 du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -hr