From: "Geo." 

I sort of like the "du h" command 

Geo.
"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
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>
> note updated du syntax below.  the -h was a reflex typo on my part...
>
>
>
> On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 19:24:16 -0000, "Adam Flinton"
>  wrote:
>
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Need to do some disk tidying on my internetwork server (i.e. an old
laptop
> >running Mandrake).
> >
> >Presently accessing it via ssh & vnc. the Desktop is sawfish
(it's old &
> >slow).
> >
> >What I want is something I can run as root which shows me where the big
> >possibly uneeded (i.e. backup to CD) stuff is.
> >
>
>
> # cd /
> # du * | sort -rn | less
>
> let it chug.  you'll see all your directories sorted in reverse order
> of disk utilization.
>
>  /m

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