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Re: Command line tool to report free/used per partition



On Sat 11 Apr 2020 at 11:07:40 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 04/11/2020 10:22 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 10:21:16AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > I've a laptop dedicated to comparing space used by different install
> > > options.
> > > 
> > > I need a command line tool report on spaced actually used on each
> > > partition. Gparted reports that by default, but I need a command
> > > line tool.
> > 
> > df
> 
> Thank you.
> Gparted had led me to a unwarranted assumption of expecting
> information about both mounted and unmounted partitions.

I think that was explained to you in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/01/msg01112.html
when you last revisited this topic a year ago.

> Debian keeps requiring me to think ;}

That whole thread might be worth reviewing.

I perhaps misunderstood that by your having dedicated a laptop to this
project, you might be requiring the sort of precision that only du
(on a mounted filesystem) could give you.

Cheers,
David.


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