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df — Display an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. More information: <https://keith.github.io/x

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Problem

How to use the df command: Display an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/df.1.html>.

Solution

df — Display an overview of the filesystem disk space usage. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/df.1.html>.

Display all filesystems and their disk usage (using 512-byte units):

df

Use [h]uman-readable units (based on powers of 1024) and display a grand total:

df -h -c

Use [H]uman-readable units (based on powers of 1000):

df {{[-H|--si]}}

Display the filesystem containing the specified file or directory:

df {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Include statistics on the number of free and used [i]nodes, including the filesystem t[Y]pes:

df -iY

Use [k]ibibyte (1024 byte) units when showing size figures:

df -k

Display information in a [P]ortable way:

df -P

Code Snippets

Display all filesystems and their disk usage (using 512-byte units)

df

Use [h]uman-readable units (based on powers of 1024) and display a grand total

df -h -c

Use [H]uman-readable units (based on powers of 1000)

df {{[-H|--si]}}

Display the filesystem containing the specified file or directory

df {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Include statistics on the number of free and used [i]nodes, including the filesystem t[Y]pes

df -iY

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