SH - Directory Listing with Sizes

directory_list_sizes.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if a directory is provided as an argument
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 directory_path"
    exit 1
fi

# Get the directory path from the command line argument
dir_path=$1

# Check if the directory exists
if [ ! -d "$dir_path" ]; then
    echo "Directory not found: $dir_path"
    exit 1
fi

# List top-level directories and their sizes in megabytes without root directory, sorted by size (descending)
cd "$dir_path" || exit
du -sh */ | sort -hr | awk -F'\t' '{print $2 "\t" $1}' | column -t

DIRECTORY_LISTING_WITH_SIZES.md

Save the script to a file, such as directory_list_sizes.sh, and make it executable:

chmod +x directory_list_sizes.sh

To use the script, provide the target directory as an argument when running it:

./directory_list_sizes.sh /path/to/directory