ls - show only folders

use du

du ~/ --max-depth=1

22576   /home/mandy/.mozilla
4       /home/mandy/Öffentlich
2956    /home/mandy/.config
28      /home/mandy/.icons
16      /home/mandy/.adobe
4714980 /home/mandy/klinik
4       /home/mandy/Vorlagen
4       /home/mandy/fserver
12      /home/mandy/.dbus
4       /home/mandy/Dokumente
19628   /home/mandy/Downloads
120     /home/mandy/.rstudio-desktop
36      /home/mandy/.compiz
5258420 /home/mandy/ggmbh
2940    /home/mandy/.local
44      /home/mandy/.emacs.d
8       /home/mandy/.ssh
8       /home/mandy/.gnome2
44      /home/mandy/.gnupg
4       /home/mandy/Videos
356     /home/mandy/Arbeitsfläche
52      /home/mandy/.gconf
15245532        /home/mandy/fileserver
4       /home/mandy/.hplip
95084   /home/mandy/.cpan
4       /home/mandy/Musik
64      /home/mandy/.macromedia
4       /home/mandy/Ubuntu One
8590040 /home/mandy/servercn
628     /home/mandy/Bilder
4       /home/mandy/.gnome2_private
4       /home/mandy/server170
110976  /home/mandy/R
107880  /home/mandy/.cache
36      /home/mandy/.cpanm
28      /home/mandy/.shutter
92      /home/mandy/.thumbnails
34173652        /home/mandy/

Debian: set papersize systemwide

The settings are kept in /etc/papersize

Systemvariable: paperconf

you can set it by changing the file directly or with:

echo "a4" > /etc/papersize (as su)