A nice use of the du command is the following: du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11
This will give you the largest directories in the directory you're currently in. I usually alias this to the command "ducks" in my profile: alias ducks="du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11" -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation RO-OC-1-13 200 First Street SW 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: disk space used > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephen Frazier > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: disk space used > > > I have seen that over time the df command shows the amount of > free space is > decreasing. Is their a command the will show how much space > each subdirectory is > using? I would like to track down where the space is going. > > -- > Stephen Frazier Look at the "du" command. It has a lot of options. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
