Re: Disk space used?

[Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/09/2011 10:18 AM, George Galt wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Martin (KDE)<kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Am 09.11.2011 09:54, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> > > On Wednesday 09 Nov 2011 10:14:12 Yaroslav Sapozhnyk wrote:
> > > > The utility's name is Filelight. Hope that helps.
> > > That was it!  Thanks
> >
> > If you only have the command line at hand 'du' is a good tool as well.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > > -Yaroslav
> > > >
> > > > 2011/11/9 Anne Wilson<cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > > My /home is filling up and I need to decide what can go.  The problem is
> > > > > that I
> > > > > can't remember the name of the utility that shows me which directories
> > > > > are taking up most disk space.  Can someone remind me, please?
> > > > >
> > > > > Anne
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> I often use du -h --max-depth=1 to get a quick read on what
> subdirectories are hogging space.  By limiting the depth, the report
> doesn't get overwhelming.  If necessary, I'll drill down in a
> particular subdirectory.


du -sh *

is easier to type. :-)






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