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DU
!!!DU
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


du - estimate file space usage
!!SYNOPSIS


__du__ [[''OPTION'']... [[''FILE'']...
!!DESCRIPTION


Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for
directories.


__-a__, __--all__


write counts for all files, not just
directories


__--block-size__=''SIZE'' use SIZE-byte
blocks


__-b__, __--bytes__


print size in bytes


__-c__, __--total__


produce a grand total


__-D__, __--dereference-args__


dereference PATHs when symbolic link


__-h__, __--human-readable__


print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M
2G)


__-H__, __--si__


likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024


__-k__, __--kilobytes__


like __--block-size__=''1024''


__-l__, __--count-links__


count sizes many times if hard linked


__-L__, __--dereference__


dereference all symbolic links


__-m__, __--megabytes__


like __--block-size__=''1048576''


__-S__, __--separate-dirs__


do not include size of subdirectories


__-s__, __--summarize__


display only a total for each argument


__-x__, __--one-file-system__


skip directories on different filesystems


__-X__ FILE,
__--exclude-from__=''FILE''


Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.


__--exclude__=''PAT''


Exclude files that match PAT.


__--max-depth__=''N''


print the total for a directory (or file, with __--all__)
only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line
argument; __--max-depth__=''0'' is the same as
__--summarize__


__--help__


display this help and exit


__--version__


output version information and exit
!!AUTHOR


Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David !MacKenzie, Larry !McVoy,
and Paul Eggert.
!!REPORTING BUGS


Report bugs to
!!COPYRIGHT


Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
!!SEE ALSO


The full documentation for __du__ is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __du__ programs
are properly installed at your site, the
command


__info du__


should give you access to the complete manual.
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