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Linux command: du - disk usage

Where have all my storage gone? du summarize disk usage of the set of FILEs, recursively for directories.

du -sh : summary, human readable format (B,KB,MB,GB)
du -d 1 : 1 depth level
du / -h -d 1
  • /: root directory
  • h: Display in human format K M G
  • d: --max-depth is 1 (one) level
Liux command: du - disk usage

Take a look at /usr and /var directories

du /usr -h -d 1
du /var -h -d 1

df -h

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