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How to find out how much space a directory takes up using Linux?

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Question: How to find out how much space a directory takes up using Linux?

 

Answer:

In the command line type the following command within the desired directory 

du -c
This will give you the usage/size of all the folders within that particular directory.

du =  estimate file space usage
-c = total

To get the size/usage in a Human readable format eg. Megabytes/Gigabites append the -h option to the command above. 

Example below:

du -ch

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