get size of file unix code example
Example 1: 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 2: linux command for file size
#Get file size of each folder
du -bsh *
Example 3: 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