Find file and directory size while ignoring symlink in sub-directories
I have a directory structure where there are multiple symlinks at random depths.
For illustration purpose:
/fs
/fs/afile
/fs/blink -> /usr/local/lib
/fs/cdir/cfile
/fs/cdir/cdir/cdir/clink -> /var/log
/fs/edir/edir/efile
/fs/edir/elink -> /usr/local/bin
I want to find which file or folder utilizes the most space to do some cleanup. I am hoping an output similar to:
3.0G /fs
4.0G /fs/afile
3.3G /fs/cdir
15.0G /fs/edir
I tried running cd /fs && find -maxdepth 1 -type d | sudo xargs du -hs but this expands the symlinks underneath, which means the size of /fs/edir would include the contents and size of /usr/local/bin in this case.
TLDR: For a given path, how do I find the size of all files or directories at depth=1, without expanding any underneath symlinks?
Note: I read du skip symbolic links but this case is different as the symlink in this case could be of any depth.
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I have a directory structure where there are multiple symlinks at random depths.
For illustration purpose:
/fs
/fs/afile
/fs/blink -> /usr/local/lib
/fs/cdir/cfile
/fs/cdir/cdir/cdir/clink -> /var/log
/fs/edir/edir/efile
/fs/edir/elink -> /usr/local/bin
I want to find which file or folder utilizes the most space to do some cleanup. I am hoping an output similar to:
3.0G /fs
4.0G /fs/afile
3.3G /fs/cdir
15.0G /fs/edir
I tried running cd /fs && find -maxdepth 1 -type d | sudo xargs du -hs but this expands the symlinks underneath, which means the size of /fs/edir would include the contents and size of /usr/local/bin in this case.
TLDR: For a given path, how do I find the size of all files or directories at depth=1, without expanding any underneath symlinks?
Note: I read du skip symbolic links but this case is different as the symlink in this case could be of any depth.
disk-usage
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I have a directory structure where there are multiple symlinks at random depths.
For illustration purpose:
/fs
/fs/afile
/fs/blink -> /usr/local/lib
/fs/cdir/cfile
/fs/cdir/cdir/cdir/clink -> /var/log
/fs/edir/edir/efile
/fs/edir/elink -> /usr/local/bin
I want to find which file or folder utilizes the most space to do some cleanup. I am hoping an output similar to:
3.0G /fs
4.0G /fs/afile
3.3G /fs/cdir
15.0G /fs/edir
I tried running cd /fs && find -maxdepth 1 -type d | sudo xargs du -hs but this expands the symlinks underneath, which means the size of /fs/edir would include the contents and size of /usr/local/bin in this case.
TLDR: For a given path, how do I find the size of all files or directories at depth=1, without expanding any underneath symlinks?
Note: I read du skip symbolic links but this case is different as the symlink in this case could be of any depth.
disk-usage
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I have a directory structure where there are multiple symlinks at random depths.
For illustration purpose:
/fs
/fs/afile
/fs/blink -> /usr/local/lib
/fs/cdir/cfile
/fs/cdir/cdir/cdir/clink -> /var/log
/fs/edir/edir/efile
/fs/edir/elink -> /usr/local/bin
I want to find which file or folder utilizes the most space to do some cleanup. I am hoping an output similar to:
3.0G /fs
4.0G /fs/afile
3.3G /fs/cdir
15.0G /fs/edir
I tried running cd /fs && find -maxdepth 1 -type d | sudo xargs du -hs but this expands the symlinks underneath, which means the size of /fs/edir would include the contents and size of /usr/local/bin in this case.
TLDR: For a given path, how do I find the size of all files or directories at depth=1, without expanding any underneath symlinks?
Note: I read du skip symbolic links but this case is different as the symlink in this case could be of any depth.
disk-usage
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