command line size of directory code example

Example 1: how to check folder size in linux

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

Example 2: how to get the size of directory in linux

du -sh /var

Example 3: 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