How to Find File and Directory Size in Mac Terminal

Below are the ways to find the size of a directory and a file using Terminal app on a Mac.

Steps to Know Directory Size on Mac

Open Terminal app using Spotlight Search.
Move to the directory that you want to know the size of.
Example:
```
du -sh
```
You will see the size of the directory displayed in KB/MB/GB.
Now run the command du with the flags "-sh"
Example:
```
cd ~/Desktop
```

Know the size of a file

Open Terminal App.
Now move to the directory where the file is located.

Run the command ls with flags -lh followed by the filename.

Example:

% ls -lh get.py  
  
-rwx------@ 1 dev  staff   959B Aug  1 14:26 get.py

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