Get APLawrence.com by RSS(OLDER) <- More Stuff -> (NEWER) (NEWEST)
Home > Blogging > Using exclude with 'du'
Printer Friendly Version
Using exclude with "du"
Referencing: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m28yeb6oej.fsf@west_f1.net
This comp.os.linux.misc poster wanted to exclude multiple directories from "du"'s totals. Answers pointed out that he could put the list the files to exclude in another file and use -X filename. Wildcard patterns are allowed in this file, and also can be used with --exclude (quote wildcards):
du -s . --exclude 'b*'
You can also use multiple --excludes:
du -s . --exclude source --exclude old
Don't make the mistake the poster did of using the real path
du -s . --exclude /home/mylogin/old # WRONG!
Older Unixes (SCO OSR5) "du" aren't so flexible, and lack all these nice options. Bsd has a -I that works like Linux's --exclude, including wildcards.
If this page was useful to you, please click to help others find it:
Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.
Inexpensive and informative Apple related e-books:
What's New in Word 2004
Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac, Second Edition
Syncing Data in Leopard
Your AirPort Network
Podcasting on the Mac
More Articles by Tony Lawrence - Find me on Google+
Have you tried Searching this site?
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X support by phone, email or on-site: Support Rates
This is a Unix/Linux resource website. It contains technical articles about Unix, Linux and general computing related subjects, opinion, news, help files, how-to's, tutorials and more. We appreciate comments and article submissions.
Many of the products and books I review are things I purchased for my own use. Some were given to me specifically for the purpose of reviewing them. I resell or can earn commissions from the sale of some of these items. Links within these pages may be affiliate links that pay me for referring you to them. That's mostly insignificant amounts of money; whenever it is not I have made my relationship plain. I also may own stock in companies mentioned here. If you have any question, please do feel free to contact me.
Specific links that take you to pages that allow you to purchase the item I reviewed are very likely to pay me a commission. Many of the books I review were given to me by the publishers specifically for the purpose of writing a review. These gifts and referral fees do not affect my opinions; I often give bad reviews anyway.
We use Google third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Click here to add your comments
Don't miss responses! Subscribe to Comments by RSS or by Email
Click here to add your comments
If you want a picture to show with your comment, go get a Gravatar