Command:

Explanation:

• du: The command used to estimate file space usage.
• -s: Summarizes the total disk usage of the specified directory, rather than listing the usage for each individual file and subdirectory.
• -h: Human-readable format, which converts the output into a more readable form (e.g., KB, MB, GB).
• /path/to/directory: Replace this with the actual path of the directory you want to check (e.g., /home/user, /var/log).

Result:

This command will display the total disk usage of the specified directory in a human-readable format. For example, the output might look like this:

This indicates that the /home/user directory is using 1.2 gigabytes of disk space.

Additional Notes:

• To view the disk usage of all subdirectories within the specified directory, you can omit the -s option:
  bash

  Копировать код

  du -h /path/to/directory

• To sort the output by size, you can pipe the output to the sort command:
  bash

  Копировать код

  du -sh /path/to/directory/* | sort -h