| Command | Use |
|---|
df | Looks at usage by partition. Its output displays the size of the partition, the amount used, the amount available, the percentage used,and the mount point. |
df - h | Produces output in megabytes or gigabytes, and hence may be more easily interpreted. |
repquota | Lists a summary of quota information. It may be given a device (partition) name or the -a argument for all filesystems listedin /etc/fstab. |
du | Looks at the usage of a directory and its subdirectories. |
du with no arguments | Prints the size of every directory in the current directory. |
du -a | Prints the size of every file and directory in the current directory. |
du -s | Prints only a total for the given argument. |
| GNOME DISKFree | Provides a graphical display of disk usage. The utility, available in the GNOME menu under Utilities or by typing gdiskfree inan X terminal, provides continuous monitoring of disk usage. |
