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.TH DU 1 "17 March 1982"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
du \- summarize disk usage
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B du
[
.B \-s
] [
.B \-a
] [ name ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Du
gives the number of kilobytes contained in all files
and, recursively, directories within each specified
directory or file
.IR name .
If
.I name
is missing,
`\fB.\fR'
is used.
.PP
The argument
.B \-s
causes only the grand total to
be given.
The argument
.B \-a
causes an entry to be generated
for each file.
Absence of either causes an entry to be generated for
each directory only.
.PP
A file which has two links to it is only counted once.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
df(1), quot(8)
.SH BUGS
Non-directories
given as arguments (not under
.B \-a
option) are not listed.
.br
If there are too many distinct linked files,
.I du
counts the excess files multiply.
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ca5f4100 C	1	.TH DU 1 "17 March 1982"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	du \- summarize disk usage
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B du
	7	[
	8	.B \-s
	9	] [
	10	.B \-a
	11	] [ name ... ]
	12	.SH DESCRIPTION
	13	.I Du
	14	gives the number of kilobytes contained in all files
	15	and, recursively, directories within each specified
	16	directory or file
	17	.IR name .
	18	If
	19	.I name
	20	is missing,
	21	`\fB.\fR'
	22	is used.
	23	.PP
	24	The argument
	25	.B \-s
	26	causes only the grand total to
	27	be given.
	28	The argument
	29	.B \-a
	30	causes an entry to be generated
	31	for each file.
	32	Absence of either causes an entry to be generated for
	33	each directory only.
	34	.PP
	35	A file which has two links to it is only counted once.
	36	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	37	df(1), quot(8)
	38	.SH BUGS
	39	Non-directories
	40	given as arguments (not under
	41	.B \-a
	42	option) are not listed.
	43	.br
	44	If there are too many distinct linked files,
	45	.I du
	46	counts the excess files multiply.