Command of the day: ncdu Source

July 19, 2016 Markdown source

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2title: 'Command of the day: ncdu'
3date: '2016-07-19'
4published_at: '2016-07-19T10:59:00.000+10:00'
5tags: ['command line', 'linux', 'ncdu']
6author: 'Gavin Jackson'
7excerpt: 'Just a quick one for today. Have you ever wondered where all of your disk space has gone on a remote linux box I sure have. I''m a big fan of tools that provide a visual guide for disk space usage (tr...'
8updated_at: '2016-07-19T10:59:04.745+10:00'
9legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2016/07/command-of-day-ncdu.html'
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12Just a quick one for today. Have you ever wondered where all of your disk space has gone on a remote linux box I sure have.
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14I'm a big fan of tools that provide a visual guide for disk space usage (treemap based products seem to be the best IMHO - Disk Inventory X for OSX (http://www.derlien.com/), Windirstat for Windows (https://windirstat.info/), Qdirstat for Linux (https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat).
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16But what happens when you only have a command line - well, it's usually back to using du and df (which don't really give you a pleasant break down of where all of your disk is being used).
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18Enter... ncdu - a curses TUI that provides a visual representation of where all your disk is being used - it basically indexes a folder and allows you to drill down and see where all of your disk space is being used - perfect!
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20[https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu)
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22apt-get install ncdu
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---
title: 'Command of the day: ncdu'
date: '2016-07-19'
published_at: '2016-07-19T10:59:00.000+10:00'
tags: ['command line', 'linux', 'ncdu']
author: 'Gavin Jackson'
excerpt: 'Just a quick one for today. Have you ever wondered where all of your disk space has gone on a remote linux box I sure have. I''m a big fan of tools that provide a visual guide for disk space usage (tr...'
updated_at: '2016-07-19T10:59:04.745+10:00'
legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2016/07/command-of-day-ncdu.html'
---

Just a quick one for today. Have you ever wondered where all of your disk space has gone on a remote linux box I sure have.

I'm a big fan of tools that provide a visual guide for disk space usage (treemap based products seem to be the best IMHO - Disk Inventory X for OSX (http://www.derlien.com/), Windirstat for Windows (https://windirstat.info/), Qdirstat for Linux (https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat).

But what happens when you only have a command line - well, it's usually back to using du and df (which don't really give you a pleasant break down of where all of your disk is being used).

Enter... ncdu - a curses TUI that provides a visual representation of where all your disk is being used - it basically indexes a folder and allows you to drill down and see where all of your disk space is being used - perfect!

[https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu)

apt-get install ncdu

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