{"id":12535,"date":"2024-03-14T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-size-of-each-directory-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:49:48","slug":"how-to-view-the-size-of-each-directory-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-view-the-size-of-each-directory-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Dir Size: View with ‘du’ Command"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can use the “du” command to check the size of each directory. This command will recursively traverse the specified directories and display the size of each directory.<\/p>\n

Here is an example of using the command “du” to view the size of each directory:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. View the size of all subdirectories in the current directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    du -sh *\/\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Check the size of all subdirectories in a specified directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      du -sh \/path\/to\/directory\/*\/\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        \n
      1. Check the sizes of all subdirectories and files in the current directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        du -sh *\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. View the size of all subdirectories and files in a specified directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          du -sh \/path\/to\/directory\/*\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          In the above command, the option -s represents displaying only the total size without showing the specific size of each subdirectory. The option -h represents showing the size in a human-readable format (e.g. displayed as KB, MB, GB, etc.).<\/p>\n
          If you want to view more detailed information, you can remove the ‘-s’ parameter and only use the ‘-h’ parameter.<\/p>\n
          I hope this is helpful for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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