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ncdu - ncurses disk usage

Terminal - ncdu - ncurses disk usage
ncdu directory_name
2009-06-09 00:02:48
User: bwoodacre
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ncdu - ncurses disk usage

ncdu is a text-mode ncurses-based disk usage analyzer. Useful for when you want to see where all your space is going. For a single flat directory it isn't more elaborate than an du|sort or some such thing, but this analyzes all directories below the one you specify so space consumed by files inside subdirectories is taken into account. This way you get the full picture. Features: file deletion, file size or size on disk and refresh as contents change. Homepage: http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu

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Terminal - Alternatives
ncdu
2009-09-03 20:38:32
User: nickwe
Tags: du ncdu ncurses
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Ultimate current directory usage command

An NCurses version of the famous old 'du' unix command

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du -cks * | sort -rn | while read size fname; do for unit in k M G T P E Z Y; do if [ $size -lt 1024 ]; then echo -e "${size}${unit}\t${fname}"; break; fi; size=$((size/1024)); done; done
2010-04-05 17:09:14
User: askedrelic
Functions: du echo read size sort
Tags: bash disk usage sort du grep
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easily find megabyte eating files or directories
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du -hs *|grep M|sort -n
2010-03-25 19:20:24
User: tuxlifan
Functions: du grep sort
Tags: disk usage sort du grep quick'n'dirty
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easily find megabyte eating files or directories

This is easy to type if you are looking for a few (hundred) "missing" megabytes (and don't mind the occasional K slipping in)...

A variation without false positives and also finding gigabytes (but - depending on your keyboard setup - more painful to type):

du -hs *|grep -P '^(\d|,)+(M|G)'|sort -n

(NOTE: you might want to replace the ',' according to your locale!)

Don't forget that you can

modify the globbing as needed! (e.g. '.[^\.]* *' to include hidden files and directories (w/ bash))

in its core similar to:

http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/706/show-sorted-list-of-files-with-sizes-more-than-1mb-in-the-current-dir

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What others think

I have created and RPM for CentOS 5.2, probably works on 5.3 as well. 64bit

http://www.dward.us/software/

Comment by DaveQB 64 weeks and 1 day ago

I have created an RPM...rather.

Comment by DaveQB 64 weeks and 1 day ago

Nice application, thanks for sharing!

Comment by Minoru 63 weeks and 5 days ago

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