What are the tools available to determine the largest files and directories on the system?
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There are a couple of simple commands that will help accomplish this task. They are du
and sort
.
The du
command is used to calculate the sizes of files or whole directories. Run du
as the root user or superuser. Running it as a regular user will result in "Permission Denied" errors.
To determine the sizes of all root level direc...
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