Command Description
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du -kas List the size of all files in your
home directories.
du -kas | more Direct the output of the du -kas
command through the more program.
du -s Obtain a summary of total disk usage
for all files in your home directories.
du -kas | sort -nr | more Sort the output of the du -kas command
by largest files first, and direct the
output through the more program.
Use the du -kas command to assess the size of your files. This command reports the number of blocks (1 block = 512 bytes) contained in all files and subdirectories in your home directory.For example:
world% du -kas
1 ./.cshrc
1 ./.login
227 ./.newsrc
0 ./mail/sent-mail
0 ./mail/saved-messages
9 ./my.schedule
23 ./program.txt
135 ./booklist
402 /home/casa/login_name
If you have numerous files and subdirectories, the du -kas command will give you many pages of output. To manage the output of this command so that you can review it more easily, direct it to the more program.
For example:
world% du -kas | more
To obtain a listing of the size of your files sorted by the largest files first, using the more utility to manage the output, use the following command: world% du -kas ! sort -nr ! more
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