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In C-Shell, how can I get the same output as du -sh ./* but without listing the files in the root dir, i.e. just a list of subdirectories in ./ and the sizes of all their contents?

foglerit
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  • I don't get it. I tried `sh` and `csh` and except for ordering the output is the same. (I have to admit that I am actually using `bash` and `tcsh`.) – Shi Aug 12 '11 at 22:02
  • @Shi I should clarify: the comment about C-Shell is just to specify what I'm using. I'm seeking another command or options that will give me the same result, but without listing the sizes of the files in ./ – foglerit Aug 12 '11 at 22:13

2 Answers2

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Add a trailing slash, like:

du -sh ./*/
Klox
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    This is one of the fastest Stack Exchange fixes I've had. +2 if I could. – Matthew Jan 03 '16 at 00:08
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    Note: if the `-s` is dropped, it becomes recursive. Note: piping to `sort -h` will sort by the human-readable size ([`-h` flag was introduced in GNU `sort` in 2009](https://serverfault.com/a/156648/193406)). – Evgeni Sergeev Nov 22 '17 at 11:21
  • @Evgeni, thanks for the mention about dropping -s makes it recursive. For some reason that was hard to find, but you had it. – Jeff Brower Jun 30 '20 at 14:50
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    Show also the hidden directory : `du -shc .[^.]* /* | sort -hr` – avimimoun May 30 '21 at 23:03
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Duplicate answer as above just adding sort and flag to display size in a human-readable format

du -sh */ | sort -hr

Outputs:

44G     workspace/
24G     Downloads/
6.2G    Videos/
1.5G    Pictures/
189M    Music/
12M     Documents/
8.0K    Postman/
8.0K    Desktop/

You may also like to add a threshold 

du -sh */ -t 100M | sort -hr

Outputs:

44G     workspace/
24G     Downloads/
6.2G    Videos/
1.5G    Pictures/
189M    Music/

man page for du and sort

DU(1)                                                                                        

NAME
       du - estimate file space usage

SYNOPSIS
       du [OPTION]... [FILE]...
       du [OPTION]... --files0-from=F

DESCRIPTION
       Summarize disk usage of the set of FILEs, recursively for directories.

       -h, --human-readable
              print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)

       -s, --summarize
              display only a total for each argument

       -t, --threshold=SIZE
          exclude entries smaller than SIZE if positive, or entries greater than SIZE if negative


SORT(1)                                                                                          

NAME
       sort - sort lines of text files

SYNOPSIS
       sort [OPTION]... [FILE]...
       sort [OPTION]... --files0-from=F

DESCRIPTION
       Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard output.

       -h, --human-numeric-sort
              compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)

       -r, --reverse
              reverse the result of comparisons
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