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@@ -8275,6 +8275,14 @@ Dereference symbolic links (show the disk space used by the file
or directory that the link points to instead of the space used by
the link).
+@item -P
+@itemx --no-dereference
+@opindex -P
+@opindex --no-dereference
+@cindex symbolic links, dereferencing in @command{du}
+For each symbolic links encountered by @command{du},
+consider the disk space used by the symbolic link.
+
@item --max-depth=@var{DEPTH}
@opindex --max-depth=@var{DEPTH}
@cindex limiting output of @command{du}