Get Directory Size
Here’s how to get the size of a directory.
<pre lang="bash">du -sh /var/www
Output:
<pre lang="bash">2.1GB /var/www
Size of the directories and files one level down.
<pre lang="bash">du -sh /var/www/*
Sort with biggest files from top to bottom.
<pre lang="bash">du -sh /var/www/* | sort -rh
Top 5 biggest files from top to bottom.
<pre lang="bash">du -sh /var/www/* | sort -rh | head -5