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I tried it and think I'll keep using it mainly for the "See what takes space" mode (I haven't encountered an alternative that works in terminal, but I haven't l

I tried it and think I'll keep using it mainly for the "See what takes space" mode (I haven't encountered an alternative that works in terminal, but I haven't looked, either).

PetahNZ 7y ago
du -d 1 -h | sort -h
- OskarS 7y ago
  Remove the "-d 1" and that command gets even more useful. This is my preferred version of that trick: du -h | sort -hr | less
Phelinofist 7y ago
I use NCDU: https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu
- ekianjo 7y ago
  Ncdu is very good as well. But little known.
  - Semaphor 7y ago
    It isn’t? When I was setting up my VPS I looked for a windirstat or wiztree alternative on linux and commandline and ncdu was the first thing I found.
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andy_boot 7y ago
That's why I wrote this: https://github.com/bootandy/dust https://github.com/bootandy/dust Because it was frustrating to track down what had used disk space.
pdimitar 7y ago
I listed two other Rust tools I found very useful for this purpose here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22007350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22007350
zlynx 7y ago
There is always "du | sort -nr | head"