From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 10/5/25 7:36 PM, vallor wrote:   
   > Good advice.   
   >   
   > There's also the -S option to du, which totals up   
   > usage in directories.  So:   
   >   
   > sudo du -Sx / > /tmp/d.sizes   
   >   
   > Then:   
   >   
   > sort -rn /tmp/d.sizes > /tmp/sorted.d.sizes   
   >   
   > head /tmp/sorted.d.sizes   
   >   
   > The "-x" in "du -Sx" means to stay on the same filesystem,   
   > so if /home is separate, you'll need to repeat the process   
   > there.   
      
   Simplified without creating the file:   
   	sudo du -Sx / | sort -rn | head -20   
      
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