shell command:

du -sh ~/code/git{hub,lab}

** What does it do?** Return folder size of ~/code/github and ~/code/gitlab folders in a human readable format.

description:

• du -sh

  • return folder size in a human readable format for given path.

• ~/code/git{hub,lab}

  • path to my folers

  • has few parts:

    • ~/code/git the fixed string part of path
    • {hub,lab} embraced part of string that will is a expand and be concatenated to previous part.

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** Following two commands will generate exactly the same results as aforementioned command:**

    du -sh  ~/code/{github,gitlab}

and

    echo ~/code/git{hub,lab} | xargs du -sh

Further points

• spaces are note allowed inside brace, otherwise it won't expand. If your folder name has space, enclosed it in quotes.

  • incorrect:

       echo {hub, lab}
    

  • correct:

       echo {hub,lab}
    

• it is a better idea to use printf "%s\n" instead of echo:

           printf "%s\n" {hub,lab}