On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 03:31:26PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> I have accidentally filled something, that I shouldn't have, on my root
> directory, and have now got a 100% usage of the disk containing my /. This
> is causing me problems. (Now there's a surprise!!)
>
> I have no backup of my /. Yes, I know. I deserve everything I've got. But
> now that I have been given my just deserts, can any kind soul come to my
> rescue? I would be so grateful.... I may, of course, just have to
> reinstall. :-(
>
> Lisi
You should be able to find the largest files on your filesystem by
running the following command:
find / -xdev -exec stat --printf '%s\t%N\n' {} \;|sort -n
It will probably take a few minutes to execute, but you should get back
a list of files, sorted by size, the last few files being the largest.
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Darac Marjal
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