[TriLUG] Hunting Down Large Files

[hulett819 at mailcan.com]

I know you asked for console tools, but I've found filelight 
(http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/) to be incredibly useful.  It displays 
the file usage on your system based on concentric rings.  Each ring from the 
center is one directory in from your original searh point (so a search from 
/ would show a segment for /home, /usr, etc., and each of those would have 
segments for their subfolders), and the size of each segment is determined 
by the total size of all the contents.  At a glance (after it's taken the 
time to scan your drive initially), you can see where your biggest space 
eaters are located.

The website claims that the "net-result is something similar to KDirStat, 
however the data is more dense, and the representation more informative."

--Thomas

Aaron Bockover writes:

> Nautilus gave me a shocking message a few moments ago: not enough disk
> space.
> 
> A quick df -h showed that my primary volume was indeed 100% used. Sad
> really. I am a data hoarder. It's compulsive.
> 
> My question is this: is there a shell tool or script in existence that
> can be run on a given base directory and calculate the total size of the
> *files* in a directory (not recursively), and report those larger than
> some limit? Also something to report single large files larger than some
> limit?
> 
> If a tool like this exists, it might help me reduce some of my clutter.
> I know I should probably get rid of those massive ISOs from five years
> ago, but what if I need RH 6 next week?! I'm trying to avoid that route.
> 
> If something like this doesn't exist, I think I may have to write one.
> I'd love to hear thoughts on how others manage their heaps of data.
> Fortunately most of mine is somewhat organized, but organization comes
> in phases... dig through data -- organize data -- collect data --
> realize data is unorganized -- repeat.
> 
> Regards,
> Aaron Bockover
> 
> 
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