Simple Admin Question
 

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...

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.... ;)

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

No problem, invoice is in the mail :xmas-smil

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

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.