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duf – Disk usage/ free utility for linux, BSD, macOS & windows

     

The duf command is used to the how much disk space is available on the mounted file system, i.e in Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix-like systems.

This blog helps you to install duf (duf  – Disk usage/ free utility for Linux BSD,macOS & windows). You can refer our server management plan for further details.

Features:

It is easy to use

Colourful output

Adjust to your terminal’s width

Sort the results as per our needs

Filters and groups

Can conveniently output JSON

Installation

Package

Linux 

  • Arch Linux: duf
  • Nix: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.duf
  • Packages in Alpine, Debian & RPM formats

BSD

  • FreeBSD: pkg install duf

macOS 

  • with Homebrew: brew install duf
  • with MacPorts: sudo port selfupdate && sudo port install duf

Windows 

with scoop: scoop install duf

Android

Android (via termux):pkg install duf

Binaries

Binaries for Linux, FreeBSD,OpenBSD,macOS,Windows

From source

Ensure that you have a working Go environment(Go 1.12 or higher is required).follow the instructions below.

git clone https://github.com/muesli/duf.gitcd dufgo build

Usage

Now you can simply start the duf without any command-line arguments.

duf

If you proviso arguments, duf will only list specific devices and mount points.

duf/home/some/file

If you want to transfer all list that includes the pseudo, duplicate, inaccessible file system.

duf - -all

Now you can also hide and show the specific tables:

duf --only local,network,fuse,special,loops,binds
duf --hide local,network,fuse,special,loops,binds

 you can also hide and show the specific tables:

duf --only-fs tmpfs,vfat
duf --hide-fs tmpfs,vfat

sort the output

duf --sort size

Valid keys are: mountpoint, size, used, avail, usage, inodes, inodes_used, inodes_avail, inodes_usage, type, filesystem.

Hide or show particular columns

duf --output mountpoint,size,usage

Valid keys are: mountpoint, size, used, avail, usage, inodes, inodes_used, inodes_avail, inodes_usage, type, filesystem.

List inode accusation instead of block usage:

duf --inodes

If the duf doesn’t trace your terminal’s colours correctly, you can set a theme:

duf --theme light

If you prefer output as JSON

duf --json

Troubleshooting

Users of oh-my-zsh should be aware that it already defines an alias called duf, which you volition person to region successful in order to use duf:

unalias duf

Conclusion:

In short, duf is a command-line utility that suitable for personal Linux desktop, macOS or for the development server. You can take our technical support team for further troubleshooting and installation.

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