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-====== Aquila Live Stat Mux ======
+====== Alternative Folder Size Command ======
-<color #db5f0b>Nov 2023</color>
+<color #db5f0b>Sep 2025</color>
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-Stat Mux
+==== Introduction ====
+There are many ways to work out the size of folders, but this one that I learnt today seems to be perfect for my needs.
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+It is using the <color #ed1c24>du</color> (disk usage) command again, but with some different switch at the end.
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+You need to login as <color #ed1c24>root</color> (sudo -s) for this to work as you may end up with permission errors, depending on what folders you are searching.
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+Remember, this command works from the folder you are in, so if you want to look at all folders, you need to be at the root folder (cd /).
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+We are going to use the command <color #ed1c24>du -h --max-depth=1</color> to show folder sizes.
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+<color #ed1c24>If you are copying and pasting this command, the two dashes can get converted to one dash (--max-depth=1)</color>
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+<code>
+du -h --max-depth=1
+.2G    ./usr
+M     ./etc
+.0K    ./mnt
+.0K    ./dev
+K    ./.kube
+.0K    ./media
+       ./proc
+K     ./lost+found
+G     ./run
+K    ./tmp
+G     ./opt
+M     ./boot
+M     ./root
+       ./sys
+.0K    ./srv
+K    ./home
+G     ./var
+G     .
+</code>
+Above we can see the size of each folder, and at the bottom the total size of all folders.
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