du(1M_BSD) (BSD System Compatibility) du(1M_BSD)
NAME
du - (BSD) display the number of disk blocks used per
directory or file
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/du [-a] [-s] [filename ... ]
DESCRIPTION
du gives the number of kilobytes contained in all files and,
recursively, directories within each specified directory or
file filename. If filename is missing, `.' (the current
directory) is used.
A file which has multiple links to it is only counted once.
OPTIONS
-a Generate an entry for each file.
-s Only display the grand total for each of the specified
filenames.
Entries are generated only for each directory in the absence
of options.
EXAMPLES
Here is an example of using du in a directory. We used the
pwd(1) command to identify the directory, then used du to show
the usage of all the subdirectories in that directory. The
grand total for the directory is the last entry in the
display:
% pwd
/usr/ralph/misc
% du
5 ./jokes
33 ./squash
44 ./tech.papers/lpr.document
217 ./tech.papers/new.manager
401 ./tech.papers
144 ./memos
80 ./letters
388 ./window
93 ./messages
15 ./useful.news
1211 .
%
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REFERENCES
df(1M), pwd(1), quot(1M)
NOTICES
Filename arguments that are not directory names are ignored,
unless you use -a.
If there are too many distinct linked files, du will count the
excess files more than once.
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