On a Linux environment. How can I find out the total space a folder is taking. It would like this total to include ALL sub-directories in the total. I don't want a dump of the size of each subdirectory. Just the total size a directory is taking up with the size of all it's subdirectories included in the c
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du -sh /path/to/directory
The output will return sumarize and human readeable directory size.
or in MB
du --max-depth=0 --one-file-system -m /path/to/directory
Also, you can create an alias if you will going to execute this command often.
If you want to know more about du command, execute: man du
du --max-depth=0 --one-file-system -m
Gives the size of the current directory in MB, not running past mount-points.
If you're inside the directory, du -skh .
works well. Otherwise, du -skh /path/to/directory
is good.
The flags on that command mean "-s summary, -k kilobyte listing, -h human-readable suffixes". The "-k" is probably redundant, but a force of habit.