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Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#1

Post by _1rt1 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 7:48 AM UTC

Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal
github.com

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#2

Post by dijit » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 11:00 AM UTC

Doesn't work with python3 (which is the only python I use on my machine)

Why are people still building in 2.x? :#

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#3

Post by clemsen » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 11:46 AM UTC

For those of you who prefer using a GUI (and are using a windows computer): A similar program to Ohmu called "Spacesniffer" displays the space folders and files use, as well as free space in a treemap. It has helped me a lot to quickly see how big some folders are.

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#4

Post by rout39574 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 11:48 AM UTC

You should be able to display an existing DU dump; think xdu or xdiskusage.

That automatically buys you features like one FS, yes or no counting hard links, soft links, all sorts of exclusion nuances...

Your neat feature is a display; don't hobble it by strapping it to a slapdash scanner.

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#5

Post by 97-109-107 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 11:56 AM UTC

A non-treemap ncurses alternative is http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/scr

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#6

Post by zimpenfish » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:04 PM UTC

Would be nice if it had a refresh timer or keypress - having to ctrl-c out and back again when you've removed some content is a bit faffy. Other than that, it's pretty useful.

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

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Post by zx2c4 » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:15 PM UTC

clemsen wrote: post #3

For those of you who prefer using a GUI (and are using a windows computer): A similar program to Ohmu called "Spacesniffer" displays the space folders and files use, as well as free space in a treemap. It has helped me a lot to quickly see how big some folders are. http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

Or, for Linux - Filelight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filelight

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

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Post by dijit » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:16 PM UTC

zx2c4 wrote: post #7

clemsen wrote: post #3

For those of you who prefer using a GUI (and are using a windows computer): A similar program to Ohmu called "Spacesniffer" displays the space folders and files use, as well as free space in a treemap. It has helped me a lot to quickly see how big some folders are. http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

Or, for Linux - Filelight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filelight

or just ncdu on command line? :)

http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

#9

Post by escherize » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:28 PM UTC

I'm a huge fan of ncdu. The treemap looks cool, but I don't really see the benefit over ncdu. :) (which can be installed via

    brew install ncdu

on a mac.)

Re: Ohmu – View space usage in your terminal

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Post by onedognight » Mon, Oct 12, 2015, 12:47 PM UTC

clemsen wrote: post #3

For those of you who prefer using a GUI (and are using a windows computer): A similar program to Ohmu called "Spacesniffer" displays the space folders and files use, as well as free space in a treemap. It has helped me a lot to quickly see how big some folders are. http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

For the Mac, GrandPerspective.