Ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a ncurses-based du viewer. It provides a fast and easy-to-use interface through the well-known du command. It displays percentages of disk usage and also allow you to browse through directories via ncurses library.
Installation
ncdu has been ported to most Linux distros and can be installed via official repos.
Arch / Manajaro and Derivatives:
sudo pacman -S ncdu
Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Minut and Derivatives:
sudo apt-get install ncdu
Fedora and Derivatives:
sudo yum install ncdu
Check here for other distros.
Using ncdu
Keys:
- up, k — Move cursor up
- down, j — Move cursor down
- right/enter — Open selected directory
- left, <, h — Open parent directory
- n — Sort by name (ascending/descending)
- s — Sort by size (ascending/descending)
- C — Sort by items (ascending/descending)
- d — Delete selected file or directory
- t — Toggle dirs before files when sorting
- g — Show percentage and/or graph
To use ncdu, Open your terminal and run
ncdu
this starts scanning the directories.
When scanning is done you can easily see the file / directory sizes.
Delete file confirm:
Read the ncdu manual here or run:
man ncdu
Credit: Ncdu was suggested by two of our readers BasketCase and Sama Vim in the post Linux Basics: How To Find Size of Directory Commands.
Enjoy!
