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Olivier Lalonde
Asked: 2011-01-12 07:19:40 +0800 CST

How to get disk usage from command line?

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How can I get the current disk usage (in %) of my hard drive from the command line?

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2 Answers

  1. ncdu

    Works well from the command line. It's ncurses-based and interactive.
    You can install it with sudo apt-get install ncdu.

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    Alternatives

    • Top ten: du -shx * | sort -rh | head -10
    • If you want more fine grained disk usage, you should take a look at the answers here.
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  2. Best Answer

    By using the df command.

    Here's an example output:

    $ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1            303537496  27537816 260580948  10% /
none                    950788       252    950536   1% /dev
none                    959516       232    959284   1% /dev/shm
none                    959516       388    959128   1% /var/run
none                    959516         0    959516   0% /var/lock

    Also take a look at its manpage.

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