ls -l --block-size=Mcd dir ; du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -20
# example output
# 300MB some_backup_file.log
# 1.8GB some_huge_file.warls -l filename #Displays Size of the specified file
ls -l * #Displays Size of All the files in the current directory
ls -al * #Displays Size of All the files including hidden files in the current directory
ls -al dir/ #Displays Size of All the files including hidden files in the 'dir' directory
#Get file size of each folder
du -bsh *du -sh directory_name #Gives you the summarized(-s) size of the directory in human readable(-h) format
du -bsh * #Gives you the apparent(-b) summarized(-s) size of all the files and directories in the current directory in human readable(-h) format