Program that determines which files/directories are taking up the most space

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02-09-2006, 07:05 AM	#1
kaplan71 Member Registered: Nov 2003 Posts: 809 Rep:	Program that determines which files/directories are taking up the most space Hi there -- Does anyone know of a program that will survey the various filesystems on a hard drive and come up with a report on which files and/or directories are taking up the most space?

02-09-2006, 07:21 AM	#2
acid_kewpie Moderator Registered: Jun 2001 Location: UK Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos Posts: 43,417 Rep:	a combination of du and sort do the job for me.

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