
df vs. du: why so much difference? [duplicate] - Unix & Linux Stack ...
Possible Duplicate: Why is there a discrepancy in disk usage reported by df and du? df says 8.9G used by the partition mounted in / :~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /...
df -h and df -kh? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Dec 5, 2020 · What’s the difference between df -h and df -kh? I am trying both these commands in my terminal, however I don’t see any visible difference so wanted to understand.
ls - How do I get the size of a directory on the command line? - Unix ...
Feb 20, 2015 · I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. It seems to work for files (ls -l file name), but if I try to get the s...
NFS causes linux system to hang, doing ls or df for example
Oct 27, 2022 · NFS causes linux system to hang, doing ls or df for example Ask Question Asked 3 years, 3 months ago Modified 3 years, 3 months ago
disk usage - How to remember the difference between du and df?
51 du and df do rather similar things, and so I always find myself typing the wrong one. I think if I knew what "du" and "df" stands for it might make it easier to remember which to use. What is a way to …
Is it possible to use `df` when some of the NFS disks are unresponsive?
Jul 17, 2021 · I have some Ubuntu file server that is connected to several NFS disks. Due to some earthquake, some NFS disks became unresponsive. This results in the df command hanging forever. …
disk usage - Removing a file does not increase available space? - Unix ...
Apr 9, 2024 · I guess df shows what is available to regular users. By freeing some space, but not enough, you only increase free space for root; i.e. only root will be able to (re)use this space. Try to …
rhel - Updating disk free size without rebooting the host - Unix ...
I use RHEL4 with LVM2 on it. At times even after removing large files more than a GB, the partition size is not getting updated when using the df command. -bash-3.00$ df -h Filesystem S...
ubuntu - How to print the percentage of disk use from `df -hl` - Unix ...
I know that df -hl outputs a list of all my partitions with its size, usage as a percentage, and space available. If I wanted to output just the size and usage as a percentage of sda2 and sda3, for …
df command not showing correct values - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
1) df doesn't report the space reserved for root (5% by default) on unix-style filesystems. So df will always report less than you ought to have. 2) Here though, I will guess you've run your database …