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HackToHell
Asked: 2012-07-12 05:54:31 +0800 CST

Is there any midnight commander alternative that allows me to see the folder size?

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I want any alternative for Ubuntu 11.04 that runs on the command window that allows me to see which folder use up a lot of space.

P.S. It's for my VPS.

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3 Answers

  1. Try using tree

    sudo apt-get install tree

    Then run tree /mainfolder/folder1 -d 

    host@hostname:~$ tree /etc/apt -d -h   ( -d shows only directory ) 
/etc/apt
├── [4.0K]  apt.conf.d   <------ where 4k is size of directory 
├── [4.0K]  preferences.d
├── [4.0K]  sources.list.d
└── [4.0K]  trusted.gpg.d

    You can further refer here at Tree manpage for preferred Usage.

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  2. Best Answer

    In Midnight Commander go to menu Command and select Show directory sizes.

    Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+space

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  3. There is a program called ranger that allows you to do this. Download and install ranger. sudo apt-get install ranger

    Then, run ranger :set display_size_in_main_column true. That will make it display the file size in the main column whenever ranger is run. You can navigate through the columns with your arrow keys. See man ranger for more details.

    You can download and install it from the site; instructions are there as well.

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