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| sudo du -hsx --exclude=/{proc,sys,dev,run} /*| sort -hr | head -n20 |
better yet, limit to depth one:
sudo du -hax -d 1 /var | sort -hr | head -n20
this actually seems to work for root directly too, without needing all the excludes...
sudo du -hax -d 1 / | sort -hr | head -n20
This works well when checking current directory:
sudo du -hxs ./* | sort -hr | head -n20
However if you also want to include hidden folders in the results, such as git folders, use this:
sudo du -ahd1 | sort -hr | head -n20
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When checking other paths, you would use
-haxrather than-hsx, e.g.:sudo du -hax /var| sort -hr | head -n20