With long path names, the output is very hard to read because each line is
so long:
$ df -Hl
Filesystem Size Used Avail
Use% Mounted on
rootfs 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /
udev 192M 0 192M
0% /dev
tmpfs 40M 1.5M 38M
4% /run
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /
tmpfs 5.3M 0 5.3M
0% /run/lock
tmpfs 79M 7.9M 71M
10% /tmp
tmpfs 79M 0 79M
0% /run/shm
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /srv/cante.src
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /srv/cante.tmp
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /mnt/extent
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /usr/src
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /root/vc
In a smaller terminal the lines wrap, which makes it even harder:
Filesystem Size Used Avail
Use% M\
ounted on
rootfs 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /
udev 192M 0 192M
0% /d\
ev
tmpfs 40M 1.5M 38M
4% /r\
un
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /
tmpfs 5.3M 0 5.3M
0% /r\
un/lock
tmpfs 79M 7.9M 71M
10% /t\
mp
tmpfs 79M 0 79M
0% /r\
un/shm
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /s\
rv/cante.src
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G
72% /s\
rv/cante.tmp
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /m\
nt/extent
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /u\
sr/src
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G
50% /r\
oot/vc
SUGGESTIONS
(1) Add exclude to option to filter out items from the display, thus
calculating the line-up column better.
-X, --exclude PATTERN
Where patterns could be preferably EREGEXP (best), or in the initial
implementation a simple STRING to match.
df -HlX by-uuid
$ df -Hl
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /
udev 192M 0 192M 0% /dev
tmpfs 40M 1.5M 38M 4% /run
tmpfs 5.3M 0 5.3M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 79M 7.9M 71M 10% /tmp
tmpfs 79M 0 79M 0% /run/shm
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /mnt/extent
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /usr/src
/dev/sdb1 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /root/vc
(2) Also add option to reverse the output to see the values first (most
important) in a full display:
-r, --reverse
$ df -Hlr
Size Used Avail Use% Mounted-on Filesystem
6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% / rootfs
192M 0 192M 0% /dev udev
40M 1.5M 38M 4% /run tmpfs
6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
5.3M 0 5.3M 0% /run/lock tmpfs
79M 7.9M 71M 10% /tmp tmpfs
79M 0 79M 0% /run/shm tmpfs
6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /srv/cante.src
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /srv/cante.tmp
/dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /mnt/extent /dev/sdb1
18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /usr/src /dev/sdb1
18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /root/vc /dev/sdb1
