linux terminal get size of folder code example

Example 1: check folder sizes linux

du -h --max-depth=1

Example 2: show directory size linux

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

Example 3: check folder size in linux terminal

du -sh /home/user/

Example 4: check directory size

du -sh /home/george

Example 5: see how large a directory is linux

# du -a /home | sort -n -r | head -n 5