How do you check the disk usage of a directory?

Q: How do you check the disk usage of a directory?

> * **Directory Usage**: Use **`du -sh`** to check the total space used by a specific directory. * `-s` = summary (total size only). * `-h` = human-readable format. * **Filesystem Usage**: Use **`df -h`** to check overall disk space usage of filesystems, not individual directories.

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Directory Usage: Use du -sh to check the total space used by a specific directory.
- -s = summary (total size only).
- -h = human-readable format.
Filesystem Usage: Use df -h to check overall disk space usage of filesystems, not individual directories.

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