DU(1) FSF DU(1)
NAME
du - estimate file(1,n) space usage
SYNOPSIS
du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.
-a, --all
write(1,2) counts for all files, not just directories
--block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks
-b, --bytes
print size in(1,8) bytes
-c, --total
produce a grand total
-D, --dereference-args
dereference PATHs when symbolic link(1,2)
-h, --human-readable
print sizes in(1,8) human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
-H, --si
likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
-k, --kilobytes
like --block-size=1024
-l, --count-links
count sizes many times if(3,n) hard linked
-L, --dereference
dereference all symbolic links
-m, --megabytes
like --block-size=1048576
-S, --separate-dirs
do not include size of subdirectories
-s, --summarize
display only a total for each argument
-x, --one-file-system
skip directories on different filesystems
-X FILE, --exclude-from=FILE
Exclude files that match any pattern in(1,8) FILE.
--exclude=PAT
Exclude files that match PAT.
--max-depth=N
print the total for a directory (or file(1,n), with --all) only if(3,n) it
is N or fewer levels below the command line argument;
--max-depth=0 is the same as --summarize
--help display this help and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
--version
output version(1,3,5) information and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Larry McVoy, and Paul
Eggert.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for du is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info(1,5,n) and du programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info(1,5,n) du
should give you access(2,5) to the complete manual.
du (fileutils) 4.1 April 2001 DU(1)