du + rust = dust. Like du but more intuitive
Because I want an easy way to see where my disk is being used.
- cargo install du-dust
- Download linux / mac binary from Releases
- unzip file: tar -xvf downloaded_file.tar.gz
- move file to executable path: sudo mv dust /usr/local/bin/
Dust is meant to give you an instant overview of which directories are using disk space without requiring sort or head. Dust will print a maximum of 1 'Did not have permissions message'.
Dust will list a slightly-less-than-the-terminal-height number of the biggest sub directories or files and will smartly recurse down the tree to find the larger ones. There is no need for a '-d' flag or a '-h' flag. The largest sub directory will have its size shown in red
Usage: dust
Usage: dust <dir>
Usage: dust <dir> <another_dir> <and_more>
Usage: dust -p <dir> (full-path - does not shorten the path of the subdirectories)
Usage: dust -s <dir> (apparent-size - shows the length of the file as opposed to the amount of disk space it uses)
Usage: dust -n 30 <dir> (Shows 30 directories not the default)
Usage: dust -d 3 <dir> (Shows 3 levels of subdirectories)
Usage: dust -r <dir> (Reverse order of output, with root at the lowest)
Usage: dust -x <dir> (Only show directories on same filesystem)
Usage: dust -X ignore <dir> (Ignore all files and directories with the name 'ignore')
Usage: dust -b <dir> (Do not show percentages or draw the ASCII bars)
Note: Apparent-size is calculated slightly differently in dust to gdu. In dust each hard link is counted as using file_length space. In gdu only the first entry is counted.