Re: Feature Request: 'du' command allow filter by user name

[Pádraig Brady]

On 09/01/2023 16:12, SCOTT FIELDS wrote:
> Though not incredibly difficult to script, it would be useful to have 'du' 
> allow a filter by 'user'.
>
> AKA,
>
> 'du -user <user> <path>' to show only the files and usage for the specified 
> user.

du isn't special in its filtering requirements here,
and we can pipe robustly from the standard file filter like:

  find -type f -user $USER -print0 |
  du --files0-from=-

So I don't think this would be appropriate to add to du.

cheers,
Pádraig