- About df : It reports file system disk space usage
- It comes from “coreutils-8.4” package.
- Path: /bin/df
Examples:
1. To to get the file system usage in human readable format
| $ df -h |
2. To get the file system usage for all the file systems including dummies
| $ df -a |
3. To get the file system usage in specified block size
| $ df -B=1024 $ df –block-size=1024 |
4. To get the usage for a file instead of a mount point
| $ df –direct |
5. To get the grant total
| $ df –total |
6. To get the usage in powers of 1000 instead of 1024
| $ df -H |
7. To get the inode information instead of block usage
| $ df -i |
8. To get the usage as 1k block (i.e. –block-size=1K)
| $ df -k |
9. To get the file system usage for local file systems
| $ df -l $ df –local |
10. Do not invoke sync before getting usage info
| $ df –no-sync |
11. To get the o/p in POSIX format
| $ df -P $ df –portability |
12. To invoke sync before getting usage info
| $ df –sync |
13. To limit listing to file systems of type TYPE
| $ df -t=ext3 $ df –type=ext3 |
14. To print file system type
| $ df -T $ df –print-type |
15. To limit listing to file systems not of type TYPE
| $ df -x=ext4 $ df –exclude-type=ext4 |
16. To get the version information of the file system
| $ df –version |
