du: cannot access `/proc/xxx/task/xxx/fd/x': No such file or directory

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Issue

  • Why are we getting No such file or directory when executing du command
# du -sh * /

du: cannot access `proc/xxxxx/task/xxxxx/fd/x': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `proc/xxxxx/task/xxxxx/fd/x': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `proc/xxxxx/task/xxxxx/fd/x': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `proc/xxxxx/task/xxxxx/fd/x': No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( all versions)

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