I am able to get a size of a directory at the end of the du -h directoryname. But is there a way to get the size without it listing the files/directories within?
I'm currently doing it like this:
du -h directoryname | tail -n1
How to keep an index of directory sizes? Is there an Ubuntu application/software for that?
The -s option for du will give you an output which is just the summary, so swap your command to:
du -sh /path/to/directory
You can use:
du -d 0 -h directoryname
From man du:
-d, --max-depth=N
print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument;
If you want a GUI application to do that, you can use Disk Usage Analyzer (or baobab), to check:
Or use the 'Properties' feature (in most file managers):
The last one I think caches a bit unless a noticeable change occurs (in Nemo anyway).
-Sswitch is equivalent to-d 0, (and shorter); for details seeinfo du | sed -n "/‘-\(S’$\|d \)/,/^$/p". – agc Jun 14 '19 at 10:23