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Go to /dev/sda1 in commnd line?

I'm extremely new to linux. One of our servers has a USB drive mounted and is almost full.

How do I navigate to the drive? I know how to list the drives (df -h) and move through most directories (cd), but I don't know how to get to this drive to figure out which files are consuming all the space.

And yes, I did try a search, but my terms didn't find anything.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by liquidcourage1 (Post 3300046)

Anyway to answer your question. Type

Code:

mount

this will show the directory where your /dev/sda(x) is mounted. Now cd to the mount point i.e.

Code:

cd /<insert mount point here>

ok, so run the mount command first, and find where your USB drive is mounted. the you can run:

cd <mount point of usb>

and that gets you to your usb drive.

but if you want to find big files, then you can run:

Code:

find <usb mountpoint> -size +100M

-replace <usb mountpoint> with your actual mount point. it might be /mnt/sda1 or /media/sda1, something like that

this command will find any file larger than 100 MB

good luck,
rabbit2345 ^_^