Sometimes you like to know which folders are using up all your space on your Linux server.
This command will sum up the disk usage per folder, and print the result:
du -m --max-depth=10 / | sort -r -n | head -10
– m (display in megabyte)
– max-depth=10 (folder depth? Should be plenty, depends on your system)
– sort -n -r (sort it by numbers, and reverse it)
– head -10 (only show the 10 top folder with most data.)
result on “myserver”:
6268 usr
5330 var
3414 var/www
2715 backup
2714 backup/postgresql_dumps
2399 usr/share
2192 var/www/applications
2126 var/www/applications/logonlogoff
2034 var/www/applications/logonlogoff/cache
1691 usr/local