linux check size of current directory code example

Example 1: check folder sizes linux

du -h --max-depth=1

Example 2: command to check size of folder in linux

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

Example 3: 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.