check folder size bash code example

Example 1: shell get size of directory

du -h your_directory
# gives you the size of your target directory.
du -hcs your_directory
# If you want a brief output.

Example 2: command line size of directory

# The -s flag will insure that each specific entry is calculated, 
# and the -h flag will make the output in human readable size format
du -sh /directory/path