Linux du Command

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

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

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.