The Linux “ du ” ( Disk Usage ) is a standard Unix/Linux command, used to check the information of disk usage of files and directories on a machine. The du command has many parameter options that can be used to get the results in many formats. The du command also displays the files and directory sizes in a recursively manner. Most useful command du - h -- max - depth = 1 1. To find out the disk usage summary of a /home/tecmint directory tree and each of its sub directories. Enter the command as: [root@tecmint]# du /home/tecmint 40 /home/tecmint/downloads 4 /home/tecmint/.mozilla/plugins 4 /home/tecmint/.mozilla/extensions 12 /home/tecmint/.mozilla 12 /home/tecmint/.ssh 689112 /home/tecmint/Ubuntu-12.10 689360 /home/tecmint The output of the above command displays the number of disk blocks in the /home/tecmint directory along with its sub-directories. 2. Using “ -h ” option with “ du...