How to find the size of a directory in linux

We all know "du" command gives the size of the files, but it not convenient to read or understand the size as "du" command gives the size in KB's

In order to  make is human readable format, please follow as mentioned below


du -lsh <directory_name>

du -lsh <file_name>

-h => display the size in human readable format

e.g.,
>> du  -lsh  prabhath_movies
5GB  prabhath_movies

>> du  -lsh  hero.avi
1GB   hero.avi


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