a simple linux shell command to show you how much space a directory is using is helpful in maitaining a good disk managment. Lately i wanted to find out how much space i had left in my dedicated server, well to display or to show how much is being used, this is the command you can send:

NOTE: you must be logged in as root


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this will show you something like this:

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and addition, you could also use these commands to show you disk space being use by your sytem on the linux or unix shell command:


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you will see something like this:

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