Check Disk Space Usage in Linux

1. Allows users to view the disc utilization of their desktop files and folders (including subdirectories).du /home/user/Desktop Copy
   
   
2. Displays information in a human-readable format.du -h /home/user/Desktop Copy
   
   
3. Give total size of a specified folder (Desktop in this case).du -sh /home/user/Desktop Copy
   
   
4. Provides folder and file sizes in Megabytes.du -m /home/user/Desktop Copy
   
   
5. Informs the last modification date of the displayed folders and files.du -h --time /home/user/Desktop Copy
   
   

Steps to Combining Commands and Cleaning Disk Space:

1. Sorting files by size.du -h /home/user/Desktop | sort -rn Copy
   
   
2. Excluding by file size.du -h /home/user/Desktop | grep '^\s*[0-9\.]\+G' Copy
   
   
3. Excluding file types.du -h /home/user/Desktop/ --exclude="*.txt" Copy