Why doesn't this show the hidden files/folders?
Use
du -sch .[!.]* * |sort -h
in your home folder.
Alternatively, the command I use most frequently is
ncdu
Easy to install if needed:
sudo apt-get install ncdu
I have same question in coreutils mailing list, because it was hard to me to remember this weird command by @don.joey. And Bob Proulx proposed better, more natural command:
du -ahd1 | sort -h
If you want to list all of the files in the current directory then either use '.' or don't give it any file arguments at all. Also you may want to use the -d, --max-depth=N option.
Try this:
du -hd1