Show Docker build cache disk usage with docker buildx du

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Documented steps

  1. Run docker buildx du to list cache records and totals (Shared/Private/Reclaimable/Total) for the current builder
  2. Target another builder with docker buildx du --builder <name>
  3. Get machine-readable output: docker buildx du --format=json (newline-delimited JSON; pipe to jq)
  4. Get detailed per-record info with --verbose (same as --format=pretty)
  5. Custom template: docker buildx du --format '{{.ID}}: {{.Size}}'
  6. Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/du/

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