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Basic operations

show all sizes of all files and folders in 'block size' units (512 or 1024 bytes)
du
648	./node_modules/@mui/system/esm
16	./node_modules/@mui/system/legacy/Box
16	./node_modules/@mui/system/legacy/ThemeProvider
human readable size
du -h
324K	./node_modules/@mui/system/esm
8.0K	./node_modules/@mui/system/legacy/Box
8.0K	./node_modules/@mui/system/legacy/ThemeProvider
size of a directory (human readable)
du -s -h public
25M	public
size of all directories/files within folder
du -s -h public/*
144K	public/framework-f1641c8a1b7c00529b04.js
184K	public/framework-f1641c8a1b7c00529b04.js.map
104K	public/graphviz

Combining with sort

sort files by size
du -s public/* | sort -n
8	public/_redirects
8	public/component---src-pages-404-js-0de2b2490830b3060bdc.js
sort by size (largest first)
du -s public/* | sort -n -r
3696	public/d6a7430b-a74824202bfa5cd46396.js.map
3656	public/component---src-pages-markdown-editor-js-6c0072a17ef59f7695f9.js.map
sort by size human readable
du -s -h public/* | sort -h -r
1.8M	public/d6a7430b-a74824202bfa5cd46396.js.map
1.8M	public/component---src-pages-markdown-editor-js-6c0072a17ef59f7695f9.js.map
sort by size limit to top 1
du -s -h public/* | sort -h -r | head -n 1
1.8M	public/d6a7430b-a74824202bfa5cd46396.js.map