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| = How can I find storage-hungry files in my home? = Using the following commands, you can get a list of items in your home, sorted by size in MB: |
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| `gdu -sm ~/.??* ~/* | sort -n | less` | = How can I find space eating files in my home? = |
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| If you replace `-sm` with `-sk`, the size will be shown in KB. | There are many ways to get the information you need. Some examples are: |
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| If you prefer a graphical approach, try: `gdu -k ~| xdu`. This will take some time to complete, but should result in a graphical window showing what is using up your precious quota space. | == Command line variant 1 == With the following command, you get a list of items in your home, sorted by size in MB: {{{ du -sm ~/.??* ~/* | sort -n -r | less }}} |
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| If this doesn't convince you, you can try a tool like `treesize`. | == Command line variant 2 == Use the ncurses based tool {{{ncdu}}}. == Graphical variant == Use a tool available in your desktop environment, e.g. {{{Filelight}}} on KDE. ---- [[CategoryEDUC]] |
How can I find space eating files in my home?
There are many ways to get the information you need. Some examples are:
Command line variant 1
With the following command, you get a list of items in your home, sorted by size in MB:
du -sm ~/.??* ~/* | sort -n -r | less
Command line variant 2
Use the ncurses based tool ncdu.
Graphical variant
Use a tool available in your desktop environment, e.g. Filelight on KDE.