Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 05:25:37PM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to determine the size of the contents of all directories of a >> tree of directories on a hexacore AMD64 machine with 4GB RAM an one >> harddisk (containing that tree) -- most efficiently (least time >> consuming). > A bit late to the game, but here is my way for this. > For a one-off thing, I use the already-mentioned excellent ncdu, which > provides vi-style navigation and even offers interactive deletion. > > du is a viable option for quick use on smaller lists. But when it comes down > to actual comparable lists to be stored and archived, I like to use tree. In > particular, I use it to store lists of content of my external harddisks, so > I can find out what I stored where without having to turn the disks on, > including used disk space. > > For that purpose, I use two different outputs. One paints the tree as such > using ascii art, showing the size next to the indented name: > tree -ax -n --du -h --dirsfirst > > The other one is a tabular format that is easier to look at in long lists, > because it aligns size and date and prints the whole path, which also makes > it easier to diff: > tree -afx -DFins --dirsfirst --du --timefmt "%F %T" > > Tata
Have you seen this tool? sys-fs/treesize It seems to be a tool more along the lines of what you are doing. I just noticed it in portage myself and thought it may be something that would interest you. I might add, there are other tree variations on this too. You may find eix tree interesting to look at. Dale :-) :-)
