Ncdu 1.1 Manual

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NAME

ncdu - NCurses Disk Usage

SYNOPSIS

ncdu [-ahqvx] [dir]

DESCRIPTION

ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a curses-based version of the well-known 'du', and provides a fast way to see what directories are using your disk space.

If dir is specified, ncdu will automatically start calculating the disk size. Otherwise, you will be prompted with a small configuration window.

For a more detailed explanation of ncdu, please check http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/

OPTIONS

****-a****: Apparent sizes. Normally, ncdu would calculate the disk usage of each file, setting -a will tell ncdu to simply calculate the actual size of the files.
****-h****: Print a small help message
****-q****: Quiet mode. While calculating disk space, ncdu will update the screen 10 times a second by default, this will be decreased to once every 2 seconds in quiet mode. Use this feature to save bandwidth over remote connections.
****-v****: Print version.
****-x****: Only count files and directories on the same filesystem as the specified dir.

KEYS

SETTINGS WINDOW

up/down/tab: Cycle through the form fields.
Enter: Post form

CALCULATING WINDOW

q: Quit

BROWSER

?: Show help + keys + about screen
up/down: Cycle through the items
right/enter: Open selected directory
left: Go to parent directory
n: Order by filename (press again for descending order)
s: Order by filesize (press again for descending order)
d: Delete the selected file or directory. An error message will be shown when the contents of the directory do not match or do not exist anymore on the filesystem.
t: Toggle dirs before files when sorting.
g: Toggle between showing percentage, graph, both, or none. Percentage is relative to the size of the current directory, graph is relative to the largest item in the current directory.
p: Use powers of 1000 instead of 1024, press again to switch back
h: Show/Hide 'hidden' files and directories. Please note that even though you can't see the hidden files and directories, they are still there and they are still included in the directory sizes. If you suspect that the totals shown at the bottom of the screen are not correct, make sure you haven't enabled this option.
q: Quit

AUTHOR

Written by Yoran Heling <projects@yorhel.nl>.

BUGS

Infinite. Please contact the author if you find one.