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Usage

Estimate file space usage.

shell

du OPTION FILE

Option	Description
`-a` `--all`	Print file sizes too.
`--apparent-size`	Print apparent sizes rather than device usage.
`-c` `--total`	Produce a grand total.
`-d` `--max-depth`	Go up to the specified depth.
`-h` `--human-readable`	Print sizes in powers of 1024.
`--si`	Print sizes in powers of 1000.
`-s` `--summarize`	Display only a total for each argument.

Size of a folder:

shell

du -sh folder

Find the 5 biggest files:

shell

find . -type f -exec du -h '{}' \+ | sort -hr | head -n 5