linux folder size in gb code example

Example 1: show directory size linux

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

Example 2: command to check size of folder in linux

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

Example 3: check folder size in linux terminal

du -sh /home/user/

Example 4: see how large a directory is linux

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