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What is the macOS (10.14.6) equivalent of --exclude in du ?

du -hs --exclude=./node_modules/
du: illegal option -- -
usage: du [-H | -L | -P] [-a | -s | -d depth] [-c] [-h | -k | -m | -g] [-x] [-I mask] [file ...]
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    "-I mask Ignore files and directories matching the specified mask." If you need GNU behaviour, install coreutils via brew and invoke gdu (like gfind or ggrep)
    – anki
    Commented Aug 15, 2020 at 7:57

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I had luck on MacOS 10.15 with the following:

du -I System -I private -I Library
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