ncdu - ncurses disk usage

ncdu directory_name

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

Sample Output

ncdu 1.3 ~ Use the arrow keys to navigate, press ? for help                     
---/etc-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.1MB [##########] /ssh
    3.8MB [######### ] /brltty                                                  
    1.0MB [##        ] /htdig
  700.0kB [#         ] /acpi
  680.0kB [#         ] /X11
  648.0kB [#         ] /texmf
  528.0kB [#         ] /mono
  508.0kB [#         ] /init.d
. 504.0kB [#         ] /ssl
  484.0kB [#         ] /kde3
  400.0kB [          ] /apache2

By: bwoodacre

2009-06-09 00:02:48

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Ultimate current directory usage command

An NCurses version of the famous old 'du' unix command
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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ncdu

nickwe · 2009-09-03 20:38:32 30
easily find megabyte eating files or directories

Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
ruin:~$ ducks
229G	total
156G	Music
25G	Pictures
18G	Downloads
16G	Movies
1G	Documents
286M	code
172k	.ssh
112k	bin
48k	.git_bash_completion
```
8

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

askedrelic · 2010-04-05 17:09:14 6
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 Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
1,1M	htdig
1,1M	xml
1,2M	empathy
....
52M	man
55M	locale
72M	gtk-doc
94M	apps
258M	icons
316K	ImageMagick-6.5.0
366M	doc
```
4

du -hs *|grep M|sort -n

tuxlifan · 2010-03-25 19:20:24 5

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I have created an RPM...rather.

DaveQB · 814 weeks and 4 days ago

Nice application, thanks for sharing!

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