linux show directory size code example

Example 1: check folder sizes linux

du -h --max-depth=1

Example 2: how to check folder size in linux

# show all folder size in the current directory
du -h --max-depth=1

Example 3: show directory size linux

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

Example 4: how to get the size of directory in linux

du -sh /var

Example 5: linux command to list directory size

sudo du -sh /var

Example 6: see how large a directory is linux

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