[GLLUG] Size of a directory

[Phil Dobbin]

John G Walker wrote:
> I'm being told that I'm running out of disk space in my home directory.
> I don't believe this, but how do I check? 
> 
> I di know but I've forgotten,
> 

Well, `du -ch | grep total` will give you the size of any directory you
are in in & `df -h` will show you the sizes of any disks/partitions that
are mounted.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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