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Total disk usage for a particular user
How to get the summarized sizes of directories and their subdirectories?Getting disk usage for each usershow file size and file ownerGraphical Monitor for HDD usagetrack disk usage over time in linuxubuntu report wrong disk usage on /USER field in ps command(android env)How do I find files and total their sizes?Log Usage of Particular Programspass du (disk usage) result to a numeric variableGetting disk usage for each userReport disk usage through SMB serverGet disk usage from redhat 7 using on built in commands
I would like to see the total disk usage for myself on a particular file system. I executed the command
du -h ~my_user_name
However, this lists every directory owned by my_user_name. I would like to get the sum total of all of this information. What is the appropriate option to pass? I tried
du -h -c ~my_user_name
but that did not work.
linux disk-space du memory-usage
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asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
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I would like to see the total disk usage for myself on a particular file system. I executed the command
du -h ~my_user_name
However, this lists every directory owned by my_user_name. I would like to get the sum total of all of this information. What is the appropriate option to pass? I tried
du -h -c ~my_user_name
but that did not work.
linux disk-space du memory-usage
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
2741412
add a comment |
I would like to see the total disk usage for myself on a particular file system. I executed the command
du -h ~my_user_name
However, this lists every directory owned by my_user_name. I would like to get the sum total of all of this information. What is the appropriate option to pass? I tried
du -h -c ~my_user_name
but that did not work.
linux disk-space du memory-usage
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
2741412
I would like to see the total disk usage for myself on a particular file system. I executed the command
du -h ~my_user_name
However, this lists every directory owned by my_user_name. I would like to get the sum total of all of this information. What is the appropriate option to pass? I tried
du -h -c ~my_user_name
but that did not work.
linux disk-space du memory-usage
linux disk-space du memory-usage
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
2741412
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
2741412
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
edited Apr 28 '16 at 5:20
crisron
114111
114111
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
2741412
asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
AlexAlex
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asked May 18 '13 at 20:28
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Passing -s to du will restrict the output to only the items specified on the command line.
du -sh ~
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-Abrams
96.3k6155211
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Du will only show you the totals per folder, not per user.
That might work if you want the total size of, say, /home/example_user/ and if only that example_user has files in that folder. If other users have files in them then this will not yield size of all files owned by you, but the total size of all files in that folder.
To get the information per user, either:
- If you have quota's enabled, use those commands.
- Use find to walk though all the directories you want to count your files in. Use the uid to only select your files and keep an associative array in awk to count the totals.
find /path/to/search/ -user username_whos_files_to_count -type f -printf "%sn" | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
Note, this uses a GNU find specific extension.
- The first command searches past all files and directories in
/path/to/search/.
-type fmakes sure you only select files, otherwise you are also counting the size of directories. (Try making an empty folder. It will probably use 4k diskspace).
-user username_whos_files_to_countonly selects the results from one user
-printf "%sn"will print the size.
If you just run the first part of this, you will get a list of numbers. Those are the file sizes. (Everything else is stripped, only the size is printed thanks to the %s print command.)
We can then add all those numbers to get a summary. In the example, this is done with awk.
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.du -schis an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.
– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
add a comment |
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Passing -s to du will restrict the output to only the items specified on the command line.
du -sh ~
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-Abrams
96.3k6155211
add a comment |
Passing -s to du will restrict the output to only the items specified on the command line.
du -sh ~
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-Abrams
96.3k6155211
add a comment |
Passing -s to du will restrict the output to only the items specified on the command line.
du -sh ~
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-Abrams
96.3k6155211
Passing -s to du will restrict the output to only the items specified on the command line.
du -sh ~
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsIgnacio Vazquez-Abrams
96.3k6155211
answered May 18 '13 at 20:38
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Du will only show you the totals per folder, not per user.
That might work if you want the total size of, say, /home/example_user/ and if only that example_user has files in that folder. If other users have files in them then this will not yield size of all files owned by you, but the total size of all files in that folder.
To get the information per user, either:
- If you have quota's enabled, use those commands.
- Use find to walk though all the directories you want to count your files in. Use the uid to only select your files and keep an associative array in awk to count the totals.
find /path/to/search/ -user username_whos_files_to_count -type f -printf "%sn" | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
Note, this uses a GNU find specific extension.
- The first command searches past all files and directories in
/path/to/search/.
-type fmakes sure you only select files, otherwise you are also counting the size of directories. (Try making an empty folder. It will probably use 4k diskspace).
-user username_whos_files_to_countonly selects the results from one user
-printf "%sn"will print the size.
If you just run the first part of this, you will get a list of numbers. Those are the file sizes. (Everything else is stripped, only the size is printed thanks to the %s print command.)
We can then add all those numbers to get a summary. In the example, this is done with awk.
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.du -schis an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.
– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
add a comment |
Du will only show you the totals per folder, not per user.
That might work if you want the total size of, say, /home/example_user/ and if only that example_user has files in that folder. If other users have files in them then this will not yield size of all files owned by you, but the total size of all files in that folder.
To get the information per user, either:
- If you have quota's enabled, use those commands.
- Use find to walk though all the directories you want to count your files in. Use the uid to only select your files and keep an associative array in awk to count the totals.
find /path/to/search/ -user username_whos_files_to_count -type f -printf "%sn" | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
Note, this uses a GNU find specific extension.
- The first command searches past all files and directories in
/path/to/search/.
-type fmakes sure you only select files, otherwise you are also counting the size of directories. (Try making an empty folder. It will probably use 4k diskspace).
-user username_whos_files_to_countonly selects the results from one user
-printf "%sn"will print the size.
If you just run the first part of this, you will get a list of numbers. Those are the file sizes. (Everything else is stripped, only the size is printed thanks to the %s print command.)
We can then add all those numbers to get a summary. In the example, this is done with awk.
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.du -schis an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.
– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
add a comment |
Du will only show you the totals per folder, not per user.
That might work if you want the total size of, say, /home/example_user/ and if only that example_user has files in that folder. If other users have files in them then this will not yield size of all files owned by you, but the total size of all files in that folder.
To get the information per user, either:
- If you have quota's enabled, use those commands.
- Use find to walk though all the directories you want to count your files in. Use the uid to only select your files and keep an associative array in awk to count the totals.
find /path/to/search/ -user username_whos_files_to_count -type f -printf "%sn" | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
Note, this uses a GNU find specific extension.
- The first command searches past all files and directories in
/path/to/search/.
-type fmakes sure you only select files, otherwise you are also counting the size of directories. (Try making an empty folder. It will probably use 4k diskspace).
-user username_whos_files_to_countonly selects the results from one user
-printf "%sn"will print the size.
If you just run the first part of this, you will get a list of numbers. Those are the file sizes. (Everything else is stripped, only the size is printed thanks to the %s print command.)
We can then add all those numbers to get a summary. In the example, this is done with awk.
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
Du will only show you the totals per folder, not per user.
That might work if you want the total size of, say, /home/example_user/ and if only that example_user has files in that folder. If other users have files in them then this will not yield size of all files owned by you, but the total size of all files in that folder.
To get the information per user, either:
- If you have quota's enabled, use those commands.
- Use find to walk though all the directories you want to count your files in. Use the uid to only select your files and keep an associative array in awk to count the totals.
find /path/to/search/ -user username_whos_files_to_count -type f -printf "%sn" | awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
Note, this uses a GNU find specific extension.
- The first command searches past all files and directories in
/path/to/search/.
-type fmakes sure you only select files, otherwise you are also counting the size of directories. (Try making an empty folder. It will probably use 4k diskspace).
-user username_whos_files_to_countonly selects the results from one user
-printf "%sn"will print the size.
If you just run the first part of this, you will get a list of numbers. Those are the file sizes. (Everything else is stripped, only the size is printed thanks to the %s print command.)
We can then add all those numbers to get a summary. In the example, this is done with awk.
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
edited 8 mins ago
Richlv
21919
21919
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
answered May 18 '13 at 20:39
HennesHennes
59.3k793142
59.3k793142
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.du -schis an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.
– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
add a comment |
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.du -schis an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.
– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
+1 good point, thanks! the answer below actually was exactly what i wanted. the user/folder distinction doesn't matter that much in my case
– Alex
May 18 '13 at 20:48
Nice.
du -sch is an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Nice.
du -sch is an easy command often used. Tracking down who owned what when things were mixed is a lot harder though it can be done as a one liner. I used it once, but I had trouble reconstructing it today.– Hennes
May 18 '13 at 20:55
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
Helped me a lot, Perfect Explanation
– Babin Lonston
Mar 29 '14 at 8:07
add a comment |
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