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

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

3. 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