23 December 2009 View Comments

Check Disk Space Usage on Ubuntu


Here is the different types you can check your disk space in your ubuntu system


Using Disk Usage Analyser

The utility will give you both a text version of the space and a graphical representation of the data that is on your hard drive.

If you want to open this go to Applications—>Accessories—>Disk Usage Analyser

Once it opens you should see the following screen

Using df command

The df command displays information about total space and available space on a file system.

Here is the example using df command

If you want to know more available options check df man page

Using Discus

Discus is a GPL text-mode disk space usage program.Discus aims to make df prettier. Features include color, bar graphs, and smart formatting of numbers (automatically choosing the most suitable size from kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes). Or choose your own size, along with specifying the number of decimal places.

Install Discuss in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install discus

and press enter this will complete installation after this if you want to use discus check the following example

Discus Example

A screenshot with the default settings

If you want more available options check man page

  • Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
    Ilias
blog comments powered by Disqus