"du" does NOT follow symbolic links, i just tested it. btw, -P is the du-switch to deactivate symlinks, but it's not present on the tablet, and it's supposed to be default anyways. what makes you say that du follows links? any hard evidence?
ssh root@mydevice mentionedPerlScript.pl /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums > /home/user/apps/nonOptified.txt
mc : 4.00K /usr/share/applications/hildon/mc.desktop mc : 4.00K /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/mc.png mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 80.00K /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 72.00K /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 72.00K /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 8.00K /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 20.00K /usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 84.00K /usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 72.00K /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 68.00K /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 12.00K /usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 64.00K /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 76.00K /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 80.00K /usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 48.00K /usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 60.00K /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 56.00K /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/README mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/bpp mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/rpm mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/trpm mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/u7z mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/a mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/apt mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/audio mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/deb mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/deba mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/debd mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/dpkg mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/iso9660 mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/hp48 mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/lslR mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/mailfs mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/patchfs mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/rpms mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/ualz mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/uar mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/uarj mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/uha mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/ulha mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/urar mc : 16.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/uzip mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/extfs/uzoo mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.csh mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/bin/mc.sh mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.csh mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.cs mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.es mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.hu mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.it mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.nl mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.pl mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.ru mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.sr mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.uk mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hint.zh mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.menu.sr mc : 160.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.es mc : 140.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.hu mc : 136.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.it mc : 156.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.pl mc : 284.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.ru mc : 240.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp.sr mc : 128.00K /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/ada95.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/aspx.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/assembler.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/c.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/changelog.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/cs.syntax mc : 20.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/css.syntax mc : 20.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/d.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/diff.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/dos.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/eiffel.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/fortran.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/html.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/idl.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/java.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/js.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/latex.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/lisp.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/lsm.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/lua.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/m4.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/mail.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/makefile.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/ml.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/nroff.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/octave.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/pascal.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/perl.syntax mc : 320.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/php.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/po.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/povray.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/python.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/ruby.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/sh.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/smalltalk.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/slang.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/spec.syntax mc : 20.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/sql.syntax mc : 8.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/swig.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/syntax.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/tcl.syntax mc : 12.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/texinfo.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/unknown.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/mc/syntax/xml.syntax mc : 4.00K /usr/share/doc-base/MC-FAQ mc : 4.00K /usr/share/menu/mc mc : 0.00K /usr/bin/mc mc : 4.00K /usr/bin/mcmfmt mc : 4.00K /usr/bin/mcview-debian mc : 4.00K /usr/bin/mcedit-debian mc : 8.00K /usr/libexec/mc/cons.saver mc : total non-opt usage: 4.48M
ls -l /usr/share/mc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dec 21 18:35 /usr/share/mc -> /home/usr/share/mc
df /usr/share rootfs 233224 147480 81460 64% /
df /usr/share/mc /dev/mmcblk0p1 27871100 914160 25541160 3% /home
du -sch /home/usr/share/mc 2.1M /home/usr/share/mc
l /usr/bin/mc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 21 19:46 /usr/bin/mc -> /home/usr/bin/mc
l -h /home/usr/bin/mc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 773.3k Oct 10 11:46 /home/usr/bin/mc