Linux disk space commands

Get the used and available disk space for different devices

As plain number:

df

In human readable format:

df -h

List all directories in the current file ordered by size

As plain number:

ls -A | xargs -I {} du -s {} | sort -rn

Human readable:

ls -A | xargs -I {} du -sh {} | sort -rh

This command is available under the shortcut ls-sif the pc is configured like described in debian-i3-pc-setup See also: How to sort by size How to include hidden and special files and directories

Find duplicate files

Install fdupes

apt install fdupes

Search file duplicates in chosen directory

fdupes -r /my/chosen/directory