How to get directory size on CentOS and RHEL 6/7 using du command step by step guide

In this article we will learn how to get size of directory on linux system which is very common task for a linux administrator to troubleshoot regarding space related issue of hard drive . We can get directory size using du command.

How to get directory size on CentOS and RHEL 6/7 using du command step by step guide

Syntax to get directory size on CentOS and RHEL linux system

To get directory size the basic syntax is given below

#du <option> <dir name>

Lets take an example we are going to get size of directory name testdir without option then we execute the below command.

#du testdir

[root@localhost project]# du testdir/

4 testdir/

How to get size of directory in human readable format on linux system

To get directory size in human readable format we use –h flag like this

#du –h testdir

[root@localhost project]# du -h  testdir/

4.0K    testdir/

How to get size of directory in summarize format on linux system

To get directory size in summarize format we use –s flag like this

#du –s testdir

[root@localhost project]# du -s  testdir/

16      testdir/

How to get size of all file and directory on linux system

To get the size of all files and directory we use –a flag like this.

# du -a  testdir/

[root@localhost project]# du -a testdir/

4 testdir/test2

4 testdir/test3

4 testdir/test1

16 testdir/

How to get total size directory on linux system

To get total size of directory we use –c flag like this

# du -c  testdir/

[root@localhost project]# du -c  testdir/

16      testdir/

16      total

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How to get directory size on CentOS and RHEL 6/7 using du command step by step guide