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Old 07-16-2008, 08:46 AM   #1
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du command question


HI,

One of my directory is 100% full and when I try to use du command it just take forever, Is tehre any option to find who used more space? Thanks i advance.
 
Old 07-16-2008, 08:48 AM   #2
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What does "it just takes forever" means? It hangs without any output or gives an infinite list of files and directories along with their size? What is the exact du command you run?
 
Old 07-16-2008, 09:08 AM   #3
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Yes, it just hangs. This is what I have run it.

cd /export/opt
du -sh *
 
Old 07-16-2008, 09:10 AM   #4
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aprox how much data do you need to process?
 
Old 07-16-2008, 09:48 AM   #5
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close to 80 GB.
 
  


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