Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpe...@web.de> wrote: >Hi, > >Claudius Hubig wrote, on 09/22/11 00:05: ><snip> >> b) check not only the size of specific directories as given above but >> the size of _every_ directory in /: >> >> # cd /; du -shcx * >> >> The "x" option makes du stay on the root filesystem, so it ignores > >In this command the "x" is useless since * expands to home and du will list the >disk usage of the home-partition. > >As I suggested in another mail, better try something like > > du -hx --max-depth=1 / | sort -h
Of course! Thank you very much for your correction, although cd /; du -shc * obviously still works if one wants to include the home directory :) Thank you again! Claudius -- This is NOT a repeat. Please use GPG: ECB0C2C7 4A4C4046 446ADF86 C08112E5 D72CDBA4 http://chubig.net/ http://nightfall.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110922011711.2f1e6...@ares.home.chubig.net