In case, the target contains symbolic links, a plain "du -sh" won't actually tell you what you want.
Therefore, you need to de-reference the symbolic links to get the actual filesize of its target:
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$ du -shL
GNU/Linux: Filesize of symlink targets
GNU/Linux: Filesize of symlink targets
If you want to know the size of files on your harddisk, you usually use the command "du" (disk usage).
In case, the target contains symbolic links, a plain "du -sh" won't actually tell you what you want.
Therefore, you need to de-reference the symbolic links to get the actual filesize of its target:
The "-L" parameter does the symlink-dereference work
In case, the target contains symbolic links, a plain "du -sh" won't actually tell you what you want.
Therefore, you need to de-reference the symbolic links to get the actual filesize of its target: