A while ago I’ve wrote a small script which I use to pin down the directories and files which suck off the space from the hard drives, usually it’s some user leaving to big log files, unused project files etc. This script will help you find those files or directories fast.
You will need to install following Perl modules and use root account:
Number::Bytes::Human
Getopt::Long
Here’s how to run it:
To find 15 biggest files on /home
user@computer:$ ./disk_analyze.pl --dir=/home/ --mode=files --limit=15
To find 15 biggest directories on /home
user@computer:$ ./disk_analyze.pl --dir=/home/ --mode=dirs --limit=15
Here is script source code: disk_analyze.pl
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