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Get total size of a directory or folder in Ubuntu

To get the total size of a directory or a folder in Ubuntu you can use du -hs command and it will print the total size of that directory using.

# If you are in same directory
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du -hs

# If you are in different location
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du -hs /path/to/directory

# If you want to list the size seperatyly for each sub directory
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du -h | sort -h
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