how-can-i-see-the-size-of-files-and-directories-in-linux

​​https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11720079/how-can-i-see-the-size-of-files-and-directories-in-linux​​

It's simple. Use ​​ls​​​ command for files and ​​du​​ command for directories.

Checking File Sizes

ls -l filename /* Size of the file*/ ls -l *        /* Size of All the files in the current directory */ ls -al *       /* Size of All the files including hidden files in the current directory */ ls -al dir/    /* Size of All the files including hidden files in the 'dir' directory */ 

​​ls​​​ command will not list the actual size of directories(​​why?​​​). Therefore, we use ​​du​​ for this purpose.

Checking Directory sizes

du -sh directory_name    /* Gives you the summarized(-s) size of the directory in human readable(-h) format*/ du -bsh *                /* Gives you the apparent(-b) summarized(-s) size of all the files and directories in the current directory in human readable(-h) format*/ 

Including ​​-h​​​ option in any of the above commands (for Ex: ​​ls -lh *​​​ or ​​du -sh​​​) will give you size in human readable format (​​kb​​​, ​​mb​​​,​​gb​​, ...)

For more information see ​​man ls​​​ and ​​man du​​