Disk Commands

du Linux Command

Estimates file and directory space usage (disk usage).

What does du do?

Estimates file and directory space usage (disk usage).

du [options] [path]

du -sh /home/kali/*

How do I check directory size with du?

Use `du -sh directory/` to see the total size of a directory. The `-s` summarizes, `-h` makes it human-readable.

How do I see disk usage of all subdirectories?

Use `du -h /path/` to see the size of each subdirectory. Use `du -h --max-depth=1 /path/` to limit depth.

How do I find the largest directories?

Use `du -h --max-depth=1 / | sort -hr | head -10` to find the 10 largest directories at the root level.

How do I see disk usage of files only?

Use `du -sh /path/*` to see sizes of items in a directory. Use `find /path -type f -exec du -sh {} +` for all files recursively.

How do I exclude certain files from du?

Use `du -sh --exclude='*.log' /path/` to exclude files matching a pattern from the disk usage calculation.

How do I see disk usage in megabytes?

Use `du -sm directory/` to display sizes in megabytes. Use `-h` for auto-scaling to the appropriate unit.

How do I see total disk usage of a directory?

Use `du -sh /path/` which summarizes the total size including all subdirectories and files.

How do I see disk usage of current directory?

Use `du -sh .` to see the total size of the current directory and all its contents.

Reports disk space usage for all mounted filesystems (human-readable with -h).

Manipulates disk partition table (create, delete, resize partitions).

Interactive disk usage analyzer with a terminal UI (ncurses-based).

Mounts a filesystem (attaches a device to the directory tree).

Disk partitioning tool (supports GPT and MBR partition tables).

Unmounts a filesystem (detaches a mounted device from the directory tree).