disk usage -du

disruptive · 11-28-2007, 08:27 AM

Hi

I am having trouble getting a full account of folders that seem to be large. I am using the following command: du -s -h *.*

However I find that all directories are not listed. How do I change this so that I get all files/folders?? Or force all files/folders to be read? I cannot use a graphical environment as this is on a server.

Thanks

Vincent_Vega · 11-28-2007, 08:34 AM

Code:

man du

does a nice job of explaining it. And that's not graphical at all.

disruptive · 11-28-2007, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vincent_Vega

Code:

man du

does a nice job of explaining it. And that's not graphical at all.

Had a look before posting, but could not see anything that may help show directories that are large!

pixellany · 11-28-2007, 08:42 AM

du -s gives only the total---how would you know what was being excluded?

du *.* lists only directories or files containing an embedded "." ---that's going to exclude a lot of things.

also, you have to have read permission on all subfolders/files in the path--in this case du tells you if it can't read something.

druuna · 11-28-2007, 08:45 AM

Hi,

I don't think du is the problem, the *.* is. That should be *

*.* will substitute to everything followed by a dot followed by everything.

du -sh * seems to be the correct command.

Hope this helps.

Vincent_Vega · 11-28-2007, 08:48 AM

There shouldn't be any problem giving sizes for large directories.

Code:

du -hac <directory>

You can do it per directory if you feel better that way or just use '/' to give you everything. Add the 's' to that command to avoid seeing each item scroll across your screen.

forrestt · 11-28-2007, 09:46 AM

The problem is definitely with your wildcard expansion. *.* lists only the non-hidden files that contain a period in their name. If you just use * you will not get any hidden files in your list. If you just use .* you will ONLY get hidden files in your list. You need both:

Code:

du -sh * .*

HTH

Forrest