On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 01:00:17PM -0500, Tim Kelley wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > > > Sorry I was not clear here, I want to check more then _one_ directory, > > at once: > > try > > du -csm /home/* > > and note the difference leaving the wildcard off the end makes. You can also do: du --max-depth=1 -cm /home Read the info pages... they might be helpful...