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Share an efficient tool for quickly identifying the largest or most numerous directories when disk space is running low.

When disk space is running low and you need to quickly identify the largest or most numerous directories, here's a tool to share:
https://github.com/pyoy/fs-analyzer
Cross-platform support for Debian-based, RPM-based systems (new and old versions), Windows, macOS, and more.
Developed in Go, free and open-source, over 8 times faster than shell scripts on Linux systems.

Output example:

Example output of fs-analyzer/bin/find-heavy-dirs on a Linux system

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