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The <code>du</code> command is used to display files and directories sizes.<br>
The name stands for <i>Disk Usage</i>.

<pre>
du [flags] [file1] [file2] [directory1] ...
</pre>

<h3>Flags</h3>

<ul>
    <li><b>-a</b>: shows the size of each individual file inside a given folder,
        not the folder total size.
    </li>
    <li><b>-c</b>: shows the total size of all the files passed as arguments</li>
    <li><b>-d</b>: select the max depth of folder recursion</li>
    <li><b>-h</b>: shows the sizes in an human-readable format</li>
    <li><b>-g</b>: shows the sizes with GB units</li>
    <li><b>-m</b>: shows the sizes with MB units</li>
    <li><b>-k</b>: shows the sizes with KB units</li>
</ul>