Disk Usage - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
Title: Disk Usage (Du) v1.62 — Summary Author: Mark Russinovich Published: November 04, 2020 Download: https://download.sysinternals.com/files/DU.zip
Summary
Du (Disk Usage) is a command-line tool that reports disk space usage for a specified directory.
By default it recursively computes and shows the total size of a directory including its subdirectories.
It can produce CSV output suitable for parsing and supports options to control recursion depth, CSV formatting, hardlink counting, and verbosity.
Usage
du [-c[t]] [-l <levels> | -n | -v] [-u] [-q] <directory>Parameters
-c — Print output as CSV. Use -ct for tab delimiting.
-l — Specify subdirectory depth of information (default is 0 levels).
-n — Do not recurse.
-v — Show size (in KB) of intermediate directories.
-u — Count each instance of a hardlinked file.
-q — Quiet.
-nobanner — Do not display the startup banner and copyright message.
CSV output format
Path, CurrentFileCount, CurrentFileSize, FileCount, DirectoryCount, DirectorySize, DirectorySizeOnDisk
Additional resources
Training module: Maintain disks and volumes — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/maintain-disks-volumes/?source=recommendations
Notes
Download link (1.62 MB): https://download.sysinternals.com/files/DU.zip
Last updated: 07/19/2022