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dust

Dust gives an instant overview of which directories are using disk space. More information: https://github.com/bootandy/dust.
  • Display information for the current directory:
    dust
  • Display information for a space-separated list of directories:
    dust {{path/to/directory1}} {{path/to/directory2}}
  • Display 30 directories (defaults to 21):
    dust --number-of-lines {{30}}
  • Display information for the current directory, up to 3 levels deep:
    dust --depth {{3}}
  • Display the biggest directories at the top in descending order:
    dust --reverse
  • Ignore all files and directories with a specific name:
    dust --ignore-directory {{file_or_directory_name}}
  • Do not display percent bars and percentages:
    dust --no-percent-bars

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