size of the directory in linux code example

Example 1: check folder sizes linux

du -h --max-depth=1

Example 2: linux command to list directory size

sudo du -sh /var

Example 3: command line size of directory

# The -s flag will insure that each specific entry is calculated, 
# and the -h flag will make the output in human readable size format
du -sh /directory/path

Example 4: check directory size

du -sh /home/george