Linux check disk space by folder

Keeping track of disk utilization information is on system administrators' (and others') daily to-do list. Linux has a few built-in utilities that help provide that information.

Linux df command

The command stands for "disk-free," and shows available and used disk space on the Linux system.

shows disk space in human-readable format

shows the file system's complete disk usage even if the Available field is 0

shows the disk usage along with each block's filesystem type (e.g., xfs, ext2, ext3, btrfs, etc.)

shows used and free inodes

You can get this information in a graphical view using the Disks (gnome-disk-utility) in the GNOME desktop.

Launch it to see all disks detected by your computer, and click a partition to see details about it, including space used and space remaining.

Linux du command

shows the disk usage of files, folders, etc.

in the default kilobyte size

shows disk usage in human-readable format for all directories and subdirectories

shows disk usage for all files

provides total disk space us

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