get size of current 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: show directory size linux

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

Example 3: how to get the size of directory in linux

du -sh /var

Example 4: 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.

Example 5: check directory size

du -sh /home/george