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Like top, but for files

Terminal - Like top, but for files
watch -d -n 2 'df; ls -FlAt;'
2009-02-05 17:56:38
User: bradbeattie
Functions: ls watch
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Great one. I would change it a bit by adding a -S switch and refreshing a bit more often, like :

watch --differences -n 3 'df; ls -FlAtS;'

Comment by raphink 80 weeks and 3 days ago

watch: illegal option -- -

usage: watch [-ciotnW] [tty name]

Comment by grep 80 weeks and 2 days ago

Mac OSX: Can be hand compiled or installed using ports.

1. Install MacPorts (macports.org)

[2]. sudo port -d sync

[3]. sudo port -d selfupdate

4. sudo port install watch

Love watch!

Comment by vaporub 79 weeks and 2 days ago

would change the 'df' part to 'df -h', easier to read ;-)

Comment by sequence 79 weeks ago

s/--differences/-d/

Comment by bartman 78 weeks and 4 days ago

Wow, this is exactly what I was looking for. I'm copying data from one hard drive to another, and wanted to monitor the activity. I modified this slightly to see the subdirectories:

watch -d -n 5 'df -h | grep media; ls ./* -FlAt;'

Comment by dread45153 74 weeks ago

"-S" and "-t" don't really work together (sorting by time and by size?)

"df -h" is certainly an option, but then you won't see smaller changes in free space.

"-d" included. Thanks. :)

Comment by bradbeattie 63 weeks ago

I love it. FreeBSD does not...thoughts?

[aleida@CERN ~]$ watch -d -n 2 'df; ls -FlAt;'

watch: illegal option -- d

--

Brie

Comment by brie 28 weeks and 5 days ago

Dunno. "$man watch" in BSD and look for a flag like "--differences" or something like that.

Comment by bradbeattie 28 weeks and 5 days ago

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