ncdu: NCurses Disk Usage

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Hello everyone! đź‘‹

This is a short article about a handy tool called ncdu.

The tool helps you delete files and directories from your filesystem.I use it daily to clear junk files from my workstation and the servers that I’m working on. 🧹

The way it works is quite simple:

  • Navigate to the directory you want to clean and type ncdu.
  • Select and delete files and directories.
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Be cautious ⚠️ with what you’re deleting. Once you delete a file, it’s gone for real. 🗑️

If you want to see the full list of ncdu’s commands you can type ? while ncdu is open.

For installing ncdu I use snap on my Ubuntu machine and homebrew on my MacOS.To my knowledge there isn’t any Windows version available yet.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this short article about ncdu! If you’re looking for a great tool to replaceyour find and replace in the terminal check out my article aboutFzf a command line fuzzy finder.

Thanks for reading and happy holidays! 🎄
 
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