see all size of folder in "/"

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 02:46 AM

Hi
I'm new in linux
I want to see all folder with their sizes in /
Please what is the commande for this.
Thank you

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 03:22 AM

You can run:

Code:

du -ms /* | sort -nr

business_kid · 04-30-2015, 03:24 AM

Quote:

cd /
sudo du -sh * |less

That should do it. du = Disk Usage

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 03:28 AM

Hi Thank you
when i tape du -ms /* | sort -nr
I've this message
"t access `/proc/7564/task/7564/fd/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/7564/task/7564/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/7564/fd/4': No such file or directory
du: cannot access `/proc/7564/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory

Thank you

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 03:29 AM

You have to run this command either as root or the account which have sudo access:

Code:

sudo du -ms /* | sort -nr

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 03:32 AM

Hi thank you
I'm root user ,I'm using centos 6.
Thank you

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 03:40 AM

It will show those messages in the beginning don't worry about that let the command complete. I have checked it on my system and it works perfectly fine.

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 03:50 AM

Hi thank you
Can I remove this messages and please why I have this message?
Also can I have the size in gigabyte? (I use du -hs) but the size in gygabyte ,kilo and mega
so It is not nice when I use the sort
Thank you

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 03:55 AM

You can redirect the error message. If you are using -h which is for human-readable just don't use sort -nr with it as it will be confusing. You can use the following command:

Code:

du -sh /* 2> /dev/null

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 03:58 AM

Hi thank you.
Please what is the meaning of 2> and /dev/null
Thank you.

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 04:00 AM

You're welcome.

2 is exit code. What I am doing here is telling the system if there is anything which has got exit status / code (2) in the output then redirect that to /dev/null

You have different exit codes like:

0 = success
1 = warning
2 = errors

You can redirect both errors and warnings in one go as follows:

Code:

du -sh /* 2>&1 /dev/null

When I will run this command any error / warnings in the output will be redirected to /dev/null

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 04:13 AM

Hi thank you
Please when you tape 2>&1
What is the meaning of > and &

Thank you.

pan64 · 04-30-2015, 04:25 AM

see man bash and check the section about redirection.
1 and 2 are file descriptors, > means redirection.

adel87 · 04-30-2015, 04:32 AM

Hi thank you
Please what is the meaning "&"?

" 2>&1 " it mean redirect errors in &1??
Thank you

T3RM1NVT0R · 04-30-2015, 04:41 AM

Quote:

2>&1 " it mean redirect errors in &1

That means redirect both errors and warning. I have already given the example:

Code:

du -sh /* 2>&1 /dev/null

If I break this command in sections then:

du -sh /* -- If any errors or warning will be reported by this command then using:

2>&1 -- It will be redirect to:

/dev/null