Posted in Command Line, Linux Show Disk Usage – du Binny V A December 30, 2007 Leave a Comment on Show Disk Usage – du du shows the ‘disk usage’ – the space taken up by the files and folders in the current directory. du -bh | more If you want to see how much space each folder in the current folder takes up, use this command… du -hs * Author: Binny V AA philosopher programmer who specializes in backend development and stoicism.