Simple Admin Question

[TheJimmy]

I know how to find out basic space utilization on a box with the

df -k command

but how do I find out what /usr (s) are taking up the most space without having to dig through all their folders ?


thanks in advance...

[Andrew-at-ENet]

if you wanna know what inside /usr is taking the most space...do

du -ks `ls /usr/`

If you mean users...then thats

du -ks `ls /usr/home/`

or

du -ks `ls /home/`

*edited to fix command*

[TheJimmy]

if you wanna know what inside /usr is taking the most space...do

du -ks `ls /usr/`

If you mean users...then thats

du -ks `ls /usr/home/`

or

du -ks `ls /home/`

*edited to fix command*

awesome! thanks mang....totally appreciate that...gotta find out who's jonesin all this space...damm pack rats.... ;)

[fris]

or you could have just typed df -H

will tell you what partitions how big each are

[Andrew-at-ENet]

or you could have just typed df -H

will tell you what partitions how big each are

Don't think that's the details he's lookin for

[Andrew-at-ENet]

awesome! thanks mang....totally appreciate that...gotta find out who's jonesin all this space...damm pack rats.... ;)

No problem, invoice is in the mail

[TheJimmy]

No problem, invoice is in the mail

it's kinda working but not really giving me the list of users and how much each account is using

is this for linux boxes or will it also work on freebsd?

sorry for having misplaced all my clues tonight

[Andrew-at-ENet]

it's kinda working but not really giving me the list of users and how much each account is using

is this for linux boxes or will it also work on freebsd?

sorry for having misplaced all my clues tonight

You need to basically execute the du -ks `ls`

On the directory that contains all the users home directories. That'll give you how much each directory has... a quick sort on that would give you the top users.

It should work on Linux & FreeBSD & Solaris

[TheJimmy]

You need to basically execute the du -ks `ls`

On the directory that contains all the users home directories. That'll give you how much each directory has... a quick sort on that would give you the top users.

It should work on Linux & FreeBSD & Solaris

when I run the commands I get this:



su-2.04# du -ks 'ls'
du: ls: No such file or directory
su-2.04# du -ks 'ls /usr/home/'
du: ls /usr/home/: No such file or directory


and trust me, those files/directories exist

[Andrew-at-ENet]

when I run the commands I get this:



su-2.04# du -ks 'ls'
du: ls: No such file or directory
su-2.04# du -ks 'ls /usr/home/'
du: ls /usr/home/: No such file or directory


and trust me, those files/directories exist

you're using ' instead of `

There's a difference.