Check Which Folders Use The Highest Disk Space In Linux

Command

du -h <dir> 2>/dev/null | grep '[0-9\.]\+G'

Replace <dir> with your desired directory (for root use / )

Explanation

du -h

Shows the directory and the sizes of each in a human readable format.

2>/dev/null

Discards output of non directories (such as /proc/)

grep '[0-9\.]\+G'

Sorts out directories that is 1+ GBs and up.

That’s it

Keep this command in your favorite command lists, it will be needed at really random times.

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