How to list subdirectories recursively with total size

Just a note to myself, as I always have a hard time understanding the find manpages. To list the directories and subdirectories up to a certain depth, “simply” enter:

find . -maxdepth 2 -type d

Option maxdepth states how deep the subdirectories should be listed, option type restricts output to directories (d).

If a directory listing including size is required, this much shorter snippet does the trick, using du (disk usage), the counterpart to the often-used df (disk free):

du -hd 1

Option h triggers human-readable output, replacing size byte count (e.g. “5820”) with SI prefixed numbers (5.8K), while option d limits the recursion depth.


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