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Centos – How to know the folder size

Under any Linux system, you want to use the command du. (Disk Usage) Common usage is : du -sh file(s) name(s) or du -sh /path/to/dir/* Replace 'h' by 'k','m' or 'g' for Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes instead of human-readable. With k/m/j switches, you can even pipe the output un sort -n (numeric sort instead of lexicographic) to get the sorted by size list of files in a directory. If you still have a big difference, you may want to try the --apparent-size switch to du which will allow you to diagnose sparse files. (files with empty space inside, to be simple) For more information, see the manual page of du

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Deleted: Under any linux system, you want to use the command <code>du</code>. (Disk Usage) Added: Under any Linux system, you want to use the command <code>du</code>. (Disk Usage)
Unchanged: Common usage is : <code>du -sh file(s) name(s)</code> or <code>du -sh /path/to/dir/*</code>Unchanged: Common usage is : <code>du -sh file(s) name(s)</code> or <code>du -sh /path/to/dir/*</code>
Unchanged: Replace 'h' by 'k','m' or 'g' for Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes instead of <strong>h</strong> uman-readable. With k/m/j switches, you can even pipe the output un <code>sort -n</code> (numeric sort instead of lexicographic) to get the sorted by size list of files in a directory.Unchanged: Replace 'h' by 'k','m' or 'g' for Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes instead of <strong>h</strong> uman-readable. With k/m/j switches, you can even pipe the output un <code>sort -n</code> (numeric sort instead of lexicographic) to get the sorted by size list of files in a directory.
Unchanged: If you still have a big difference, you may want to try the <code>--apparent-size</code> switch to <code>du</code> which will allow you to diagnose sparse files. (files with empty space inside, to be simple)Unchanged: If you still have a big difference, you may want to try the <code>--apparent-size</code> switch to <code>du</code> which will allow you to diagnose sparse files. (files with empty space inside, to be simple)
Unchanged: For more information, see the <a href="http:// linux.die.net/man/1/du" rel="nofollow">manual page</a> of <code>du</code>Unchanged: For more information, see the <a href="http:// linux.die.net/man/1/du" rel="nofollow">manual page</a> of <code>du</code>

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