dua (Disk Usage Analyzer) is a tool to conveniently learn about the usage of disk space of a given directory.
It’s parallel by default and will max out your SSD, providing relevant information as fast as possible. Optionally delete superfluous data, and do so more quickly than rm.
dua is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/Byron/dua-cli
Support:
Developer: Sebastian Thiel
License: MIT License
USAGE:
dua [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND] [input]...
ARGS:
input.. One or more input files or directories. If unset, we will use all entries in
the current working directory
FLAGS:
-A, --apparent-size Display apparent size instead of disk usage
-l, --count-hard-links Count hard-linked files each time they are seen
-h, --help Prints help information
-x, --stay-on-filesystem If set, we will not cross filesystems or traverse mount points
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-f, --format The format with which to print byte counts. Metric - uses 1000 as
base (default) Binary - uses 1024 as base Bytes - plain bytes without
any formatting GB - only gigabytes GiB - only gibibytes MB - only
megabytes MiB - only mebibytes [possible values: metric, binary,
bytes, MB, MiB, GB, GiB]
-t, --threads The amount of threads to use. Defaults to 0, indicating the amount of
logical processors. Set to 1 to use only a single thread [default: 0]
SUBCOMMANDS:
aggregate Aggregrate the consumed space of one or more directories or files [aliases:
a, a]
help Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
interactive Launch the terminal user interface [aliases: i, i]
dua is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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