DU (1)

SYNOPSIS

du [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.

-a, --all

write counts for all files, not just directories --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks

-b, --bytes

print size in bytes

-c, --total

produce a grand total

-D, --dereference-args

dereference PATHs when symbolic link

-h, --human-readable

print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)

-H, --si

likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024

-k, --kilobytes

like --block-size=1024

-l, --count-links

count sizes many times if hard linked

-L, --dereference

dereference all symbolic links

-m, --megabytes

like --block-size=1048576

-S, --separate-dirs

do not include size of subdirectories

-s, --summarize

display only a total for each argument

-x, --one-file-system

skip directories on different filesystems

-X FILE, --exclude-from=FILE

Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.

--exclude=PAT

Exclude files that match PAT.

--max-depth=N

print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument; --max-depth=0 is the same as --summarize

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Larry McVoy, and Paul Eggert.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for du is maintained as a Texinfo manual If the info and du programs are properly installed at your site the command
info du

should give you access to the complete manual