get size of folder linux code example

Example 1: check folder sizes linux

du -h --max-depth=1

Example 2: how to check folder size in linux

# show all folder size in the current directory
du -h --max-depth=1

Example 3: command to check size of folder in linux

du -lh --max-depth=1 --block-size=M | sort -nr

Example 4: show directory size linux

du -sh /home/george
2.1G    /home/george

Example 5: 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 6: how to get the size of directory in linux

du -sh /var