Linux viewing file and folder sizes

Linux viewing file and folder sizes

1. Du-sh View current folder size

Du-sh * | Sort-n Statistics the current folder (directory) size and sort by file size

Comes:
Du-sk filename View specified file size

2, Linux:ls to see the file size in K, M, G units

#ls-LHS

Example comparison:

# ls
Cuss.war Nohup.out

# ls-l
Total 30372
-rw-r--r--1 root root 31051909 may 10:07 Cuss.war
-RW-------1 root root 0 Mar 13:52 nohup.out

# LS-LH
Total 30M
-rw-r--r--1 root root 30M may 10:07 Cuss.war
-RW-------1 root root 0 Mar 13:52 nohup.out

# ll-h
Total 30M
-rw-r--r--1 root root 30M may 10:07 Cuss.war
-RW-------1 root root 0 Mar 13:52 nohup.out

# LS-LHS
Total 28G
15g-rw-r--r--1 root root 15G 06-04 14:35 all.txt
8.0k-rwx--x--x 1 root root 632 06-04 15:57 hash.pl

Linux viewing file and folder sizes