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minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 days agodu -sh * | sort -h is a thing I type frequently.
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoYea, I love du -hd 1 | sort -h when cleaning up. I absolutely love that I don’t need any extra software to quickly locate whatever takes up space. I can do this on any machine without installing anything extra.
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoThat’s a completely different tool, though, no? I just do this for determining when I need to clean up: df -hx tmpfs Gives me enough information for this purpose and, again, does not require any additional software, df is part of coreutils.
du -sh * | sort -his a thing I type frequently.Yea, I love
du -hd 1 | sort -hwhen cleaning up. I absolutely love that I don’t need any extra software to quickly locate whatever takes up space. I can do this on any machine without installing anything extra.Check out duf though
That’s a completely different tool, though, no? I just do this for determining when I need to clean up:
df -hx tmpfsGives me enough information for this purpose and, again, does not require any additional software,
dfis part ofcoreutils.