linux list directory size, list directories and their sizes

linux list directory size – list directories and their sizes
shazam! here you go:

du -sh *

For example:

[dnumtwo@yomamasvm targets]$ ls -al
total 65
drwxr----- 16 dnumtwo dnumtwo 16 Aug  7  2013 .
drwx------  3 dnumtwo dnumtwo 57 Apr  1 09:22 ..
drwxr-----  3 dnumtwo dnumtwo  3 Aug  7  2013 host
drwxr-----  6 dnumtwo dnumtwo  6 Aug  7  2013 application
drwxr-----  4 dnumtwo dnumtwo  4 Aug  7  2013 repository
drwxr-----  3 dnumtwo dnumtwo  3 Aug  7  2013 dnumtwo_apache
drwxr-----  3 dnumtwo dnumtwo  3 Aug  7  2013 dnumtwo_console
drwxr-----  3 dnumtwo dnumtwo  3 Aug  7  2013 weblogic_domains

[dnumtwo@yomamasvm targets]$ du -sh *
23K     host
893K    application
49K     repository
232K    dnumtwo_apache
256K    dnumtwo_console
17K     weblogic_domains

the du command parameter breakdown:

-h, --human-readable
	      print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
-s, --summarize
	      display only a total for each argument

here’s the man page for the du command if you’re interested.