du.tex

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\paragraph{Description}
\indentpar \raggedright \textrm{Prints out disk usage statistics for the specified file(s) or directories.}\\

\paragraph{Usage}
\indentpar du \textit{file [file2...]}\\
\indentpar du \textit{directory [directory2...]}

\paragraph{Arguments}
\indentpar \argumentline{file}{the file whose size should be reported}\\
\indentpar \argumentline{file2...}{additional files to report for (optional)}\\
\indentpar \argumentline{directory}{the directory whose size should be reported}\\
\indentpar \argumentline{directory2...}{additional directories to report for (optional)}

\paragraph{Output}
\indentpar \textrm{Outputs the sizes of each argument passed, as well as the contents of subdirectories.}

\paragraph{Useful options}
\indentpar \optionline{-c}{display a grand total}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-h}{print sizes in human-readable format}\\
\indentpar \optionline{-I \textit{string}}{mask files matching \texttt{string}}


\paragraph{Examples}

\indentpar du path/to/directory\\
\indentpar du -c -h file.txt file2.txt\\
\indentpar du -I '*.log' *

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