Top Disk Usage. You want to know what is using all your disk space?
This command-line tool estimates the disk space occupied by all files in a given path.
It displays a sorted list of the biggest items. The estimation method is similar to the ‘du -skx’ command from GNU Coreutils package.
tdu is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/josephpaul0/tdu
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Developer: Joseph Paul
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Usage: tdu [options] [directory]
-b int
Number of big files shown (default 8)
-consolemax
Maximize console window (on Windows only)
-d int
Number of access denied directories shown (default 0)
-e int
Number of empty directories shown (default 0)
-f int
Number of devices shown (default 0)
-human
Print sizes in human readable format.
Use --human=false to print in kilobytes instead. (default true)
-l int
Number of depth1 items shown (default 15)
-license
Show the GNU General Public License V2
-max
Show deepest and longest paths
-o string
Export result to Ncdu's JSON format
-s int
Number of file status errors shown (default 0)
-t int
Number of sockets and named pipes shown (default 0)
-version
Program info and usage
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