{"id":3135,"date":"2020-03-31T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2020-06-09T20:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:40:40","slug":"how-to-check-size-of-a-directory-via-terminal-in-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/vi\/2020\/03\/31\/how-to-check-size-of-a-directory-via-terminal-in-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check size of a directory via Terminal in MacOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we want to have a quick check the size of a specific directory in your current place from the terminal where you are working. Instead of opening Finder application &#8211; a common and unique file explorer on Mac, this need can be done by running the following command<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">du -sh &lt;directory><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn this command by running man du to see the other options as well as other usages. To remember this command, actually, du is short for &#8220;display disk usage statistics&#8221;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.21.18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.21.18.png 494w, https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.21.18-300x71.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption>The output of du -sh .\/* command<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we don&#8217;t indicate a directory and -sh, the command will display the size of all directories recursively which are including all children directories. The size shows in bytes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.20.13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.20.13.png 488w, https:\/\/www.itersdesktop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-17.20.13-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><figcaption>The output of du command<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully, these tricks would bring a convenient way for you to check a directory&#8217;s size. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All constructive comments are welcomed. 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