How to get size of hidden files with "du"

Question

I've been using "du -hs ~/" to get the size of my total home directory with outputs 20GB, and I've been trying to where large files that I can delete to free up some space. However, when using "du -hs ~/*" I get numerous outputted files but they don't sum to 20GB. There are a few hidden files but they aren't shown.

How can I print out the size of hidden files, and also locate the largest files/directories via command line?

Thank you!

Answer 1

To size all the files in home directories including hidden files

du -sh $(ls -A)

du -sh .[^.]* *

To size only normal files

du -sh *

To size only hidden files

du -sh .[^.]*