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  • This command did the trick to find a hidden folder that seemed to be increasing in size over time. Thanks! Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 2:24
  • Is this in bytes? Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 0:12
  • By default, on my system, 'du -S' gives a nice human readable output. You get a plain number of bytes for small files, then a number with a 'KB' or 'MB' suffix for bigger files. Commented Sep 17, 2014 at 8:48
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    @Siddhartha If you add -h, it will likely change the effect of the sort -nr command - meaning the sort will no longer work, and then the head command will also no longer work Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 13:00
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    On Ubuntu, I need to use -h to du for human readable numbers, as well as sort -h for human-numeric sort. The list is sorted in reverse, so either use tail or change order. Commented Aug 30, 2018 at 8:41