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alvas
Asked: 2015-08-18 04:43:19 +0800 CST

How to get a full size of directory without listing the files/dir within?

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I am able to get a size of a directory at the end of the du -h directoryname. But is there a way to get the size without it listing the files/directories within?

I'm currently doing it like this:

du -h directoryname | tail -n1

How to keep an index of directory sizes? Is there an Ubuntu application/software for that?

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2 Answers

  1. The -s option for du will give you an output which is just the summary, so swap your command to:

    du -sh /path/to/directory
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  2. You can use:

    du -d 0 -h directoryname

    From man du:

    -d, --max-depth=N
    print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument;

    If you want a GUI application to do that, you can use Disk Usage Analyzer (or baobab), to check:

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    Or use the 'Properties' feature (in most file managers):

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    The last one I think caches a bit unless a noticeable change occurs (in Nemo anyway).

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