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