A script to show linux directory,file size

here is a small script to show the  size  of directories and files under linux . This will do what du command does but displays in a nice format.You can use this like treesize free tool for linux (: .

Save this script with some name like  filesz  in /usr/bin  and make it executable  . Type the command   filesz  from any directory to check the file/directory sizes

# vi filesz

copy the script  and !wq to save changes

#cp filesz /usr/bin

#chmod +x /usr/bin/filesz

####script starts##################

#/bin/sh
du -k --max-depth=1 | sort -nr | awk '
     BEGIN {
        split("KB,MB,GB,TB", Units, ",");
     }
     {
        u = 1;
        while ($1 >= 1024) {
           $1 = $1 / 1024;
           u += 1
        }
        $1 = sprintf("%.1f %s", $1, Units[u]);
        print $0;
     }
    '

##########script ends################################