hard disk space by directory

[JavaCowboy]

I know how to see the file space on each drive using the df command. What I would like to know is to how to view file space by different directories, if that's at all possible.

[Derango]

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but you can use ls -l to show the filesize of the files in a directory. Not sure if that shows the size of the directory as well.

[posterboy]

Yeah, also try du . when in the top of the tree of interest, or point du (disk usage) where you want it to sum up. The man page is very useful, it's a pretty capable little utility. Ray

[FORTRAN gy]

Use the du command to report the disk space used by a directory and its subdirectories. Do a "man du" for the details.

[bdl]

prompt$ du -sh ./somedir