list user space usage

byran cheung · 07-10-2014, 12:47 AM

I would like to list all users their disk space usage , and sort it by size ( the highest usage first ) , I have the below command but only check the current path usage , would advise what can I do ? thanks

du -ka . | sort -nr

pan64 · 07-10-2014, 02:36 AM

so replace the current path to home dir(s):
du -sk /home/*

syg00 · 07-10-2014, 02:42 AM

Personally I might be inclined to use "human readable" on both the "du" and "sort". And maybe send stderr to the bit bucket ...

byran cheung · 07-10-2014, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

so replace the current path to home dir(s):
du -sk /home/*

thanks reply ,

this method seems check the size of /home only , in my case , the user directory is under their own department as below , if use this method , it will show the size of department not individual user , would advise how to do it ? thanks

/home/ACC/user1
/home/ACC/user2
/home/EDP/user1
/home/EDP/user2
/home/HRM/user1
/home/HRM/user2
"

pan64 · 07-10-2014, 03:25 AM

probably du -sh /home/*/*

byran cheung · 07-10-2014, 04:36 AM

thanks reply ,

but it only show partial of user , not all users in my system .

pan64 · 07-10-2014, 04:46 AM

so you need to specify exactly what do you need. I have no any idea how should I look for those users and directories. Just use du, se man page about flags and use your preferred ones - and add the directories. You can use awk or perl or something to postprocess the result (if you need to do so)

byran cheung · 07-10-2014, 08:37 PM

Hi pan64 ,

what the requirement is just list the space used of all user , like below example , list the below 6 users , the size they used .

I tried to use du -sk to check each directory in /home , but only show the size of /home/ACC , /home/EDP , /home/HRM , not individual user .

would advise how to do it ? thanks

/home/ACC/user1
/home/ACC/user2
/home/EDP/user1
/home/EDP/user2
/home/HRM/user1
/home/HRM/user2
"

syg00 · 07-10-2014, 09:00 PM

Did you read the manpage and try some of the other options ?. That is how you learn what they mean.