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33.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2010 $
34.Dt DU 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm du
38.Nd display disk usage statistics
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm du
41.Op Fl a | s
42.Op Fl chkrx
43.Op Fl H | L | P
44.Op Ar
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility displays the file system block usage for each
49.Ar file
50argument
51and for each directory in the file hierarchy rooted in each directory
52argument.
53Note that the system block usage is usually greater than
54the actual size of the file.
55If no file is specified, the block usage of the hierarchy rooted in
56the current directory is displayed.
57.Pp
58The options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width Ds
60.It Fl a
61Display an entry for each file in the file hierarchy.
62.It Fl c
63Display the grand total after all the arguments have been processed.
64.It Fl H
65Symbolic links on the command line are followed.
66(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
67.It Fl h
68"Human-readable" output.
69Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte,
70Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte in order to reduce the number of
71digits to four or less.
72.It Fl k
73By default, all sizes are reported in 512-byte block counts.
74The
75.Fl k
76option causes the numbers to be reported in kilobyte counts.
77.It Fl L
78All symbolic links are followed.
79.It Fl P
80No symbolic links are followed.
81.It Fl r
82Generate messages about directories that cannot be read, files
83that cannot be opened, and so on.
84This is the default.
85.It Fl s
86Display only the grand total for the specified files.
87.It Fl x
88File system mount points are not traversed.
89.El
90.Pp
91It is not an error to specify more than one of
92the mutually exclusive options
93.Fl h
94and
95.Fl k .
96Where more than one of these options is specified,
97the last option given overrides the others.
98.Pp
99.Nm
100counts the storage used by symbolic links and not the files they
101reference unless the
102.Fl H
103or
104.Fl L
105option is specified.
106If either the
107.Fl H
108or
109.Fl L
110options are specified, storage used by any symbolic links which are
111followed is not counted or displayed.
112The
113.Fl H ,
114.Fl L ,
115and
116.Fl P
117options override each other and the command's actions are determined
118by the last one specified.
119.Pp
120Files having multiple hard links are counted (and displayed) a single
121time per
122.Nm
123execution.
124.Sh ENVIRONMENT
125.Bl -tag -width BLOCKSIZE
126.It Ev BLOCKSIZE
127Block counts will be displayed in units of this size block, unless the
128.Fl k
129or
130.Fl h
131option is specified.
132.El
133.Sh EXIT STATUS
134.Ex -std du
135.Sh SEE ALSO
136.Xr df 1 ,
137.Xr fts 3 ,
138.Xr symlink 7 ,
139.Xr quot 8
140.Sh STANDARDS
141The
142.Nm
143utility is compliant with the
144.St -p1003.1-2008
145specification.
146.Pp
147The flags
148.Op Fl chPr
149are extensions to that specification.
150.Pp
151The flag
152.Op Fl r
153exists solely for conformance with
154.St -xpg4 .
155.Sh HISTORY
156A
157.Nm
158command appeared in
159.At v3 .
160