Re: Problem with /var

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 3/6/25 18:33, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> root@debian:/var# find -size +10M -ls
> ...


I prefer:

2025-03-06 18:55:31 root@laalaa ~/laalaa.tracy.holgerdanske.com
# cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
11.11
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-33-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.226-1 (2024-10-03) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux

2025-03-06 18:55:34 root@laalaa ~/laalaa.tracy.holgerdanske.com
# du -d 2 -m /var | sort -rn | head
838	/var
496	/var/cache
474	/var/cache/apt
200	/var/lib
124	/var/lib/apt
83	/var/log
61	/var/lib/dpkg
56	/var/spool/cups
56	/var/spool
56	/var/log/journal


RTFM du(1) and head(1) for options.  For example

2025-03-06 18:57:28 root@laalaa ~/laalaa.tracy.holgerdanske.com
# du -m /var/cache | sort -rn | head -n 6
496	/var/cache
474	/var/cache/apt
406	/var/cache/apt/archives
9	/var/cache/perlindex
6	/var/cache/debconf
3	/var/cache/man


David