Linux du Command

What is Linux du Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use du command in Linux. du command is du - estimate file space usage.

du Syntax#

du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
du [OPTION]... --files0-from=F

du Examples#

du Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of du command. du command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for du command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man du

To open info page for du command we can use command below.

info du

To open help page from du command we can run command below.

du --help

Linux du Command Source Code#

You can find du command source code from the folowing repositories:

• du source code on GitHub
• du source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• du source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use du in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.