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Prince Maurya
Prince Maurya

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Quick tip: How to find and free up disk space in Linux

#bash #beginners #devops #linux

A full disk is a common reason for random service crashes in Linux. Here is a quick 3-step checklist to find and fix it:

  1. Check disk usage Find which partition is full: 
df -PhT
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  1. Spot the largest folders Locate the top 10 space-consuming directories: 
sudo du -sh /* 2>/dev/null | sort -hr | head -n 10
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  1. Quick cleanup commands Clear log files: 
sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/syslog
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Clear package cache:

sudo apt clean
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Check open deleted files:

sudo lsof +L1
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What’s your go-to command when storage runs out? Let me know in the comments!

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