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# System prepended metadata

title: Interacting with your linux file system

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# Interacting with your linux file system
## Getting the size of a file or folder
```bash=
du -sh /home/
```
* `s` - Display only the total size of the specified directory, do not display file size totals for subdirectories.
* `h` - Print sizes in a human-readable format (`h`).
* Specify `--max-depth=` to only go in so many folders.

## File/Folder linking
## To link a file/folder
```bash=
ln -s /source/folder destonation/
```
## To unlink a file/folder
```bash=
unlink <path-to-symlink>
```