get size of file linux code example

Example 1: list file size as mb

ls -l --block-size=M

Example 2: linux file size

cd dir ; du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -20 
# example output
# 300MB    some_backup_file.log
# 1.8GB    some_huge_file.war

Example 3: get the size of files in a directory linux

# Displays all the files and sizes in MB or GB
du -h --max-depth=1

Example 4: linux command for file size

#Get file size of each folder
du -bsh *

Example 5: ls human readable size

du -sh directory_name    #Gives you the summarized(-s) size of the directory in human readable(-h) format
du -bsh *                #Gives you the apparent(-b) summarized(-s) size of all the files and directories in the current directory in human readable(-h) format

Example 6: find the size of file in linux

ls -l filename   #Displays Size of the specified file
ls -l *          #Displays Size of All the files in the current directory
ls -al *         #Displays Size of All the files including hidden files in the current directory
ls -al dir/      #Displays Size of All the files including hidden files in the 'dir' directory