see file size of a directory linux code example

Example 1: command to check size of folder in linux

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

Example 2: 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