Disk usage statistics in linux

Check single directory.

du -sh /var

Check all elements in a path

du -shc /var/*

Check all elements include one level sub-directory in a path

du -h --max-depth=1 /var

Sort by size and list top 5

du -h /var/ | sort -rh | head -5

Ref

• https://linuxize.com/post/how-get-size-of-file-directory-linux/