du command one liners

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To display disk usage for a folder in human readable format

# du -h /home

To display disk usage for a folder in human readable format (including all subdirectories along with hidden files)

# du -ah /home

To display disk usage for a folder in KB

# du -k /home

To display disk usage for a folder in MB

# du –m /home

To display disk usage in human readable format and total at end line

# du –ch /home

To display disk usage by excluding some files or folders

# du -ah --exclude="*.txt" /home/

To display the disk usage based on modification of time, use the flag “–time”

# du -ha --time /home/

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