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For a CLI alternative to manually running `du -sh *` recursively to try and find which directory is taking up your space I recommend `ncdu`. I'm pretty sure there was a similar CLI app better than `ncdu` but I don't recall it right now.
Another option is du | sort -n (I've got it aliased to "dun".)
du -sh * | sort -hI like it! Might have a go at rewriting something like this in Rust as an exercise.
For a CLI alternative to manually running `du -sh *` recursively to try and find which directory is taking up your space I recommend `ncdu`. I'm pretty sure there was a similar CLI app better than `ncdu` but I don't recall it right now.
There is also Duc: https://duc.zevv.nl/ . It has a both a Tui and a Gui, but can also do nifty CGI things (shameless plug)
I have been using Spacesniffer [0] for over a decade now. But glad to see some new attempts in the space for disk usage. [0] http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
I wish there were more disk space analyzer like it that use rectangular blocks of space rather than circles which I find harder to read how much space they actually take on disk.
My two volumes sharing a drive have separate percentages that look quite healthy, but their combined percentage reveals that I am perilously short on space. Duf doesn't know to combine these percentages. DaisyDisk (a wonderful GUI app for managing MacOS disk space) makes the problem clear.
Duf doesn't understand MacOS APFS volumes. I have two such volumes sharing my primary SSD. For those accustomed to more primitive file systems, one doesn't have to arbitrarily divide a drive into volumes of separate fixed sizes. Volumes on an APFS drive can share pooled free space. My two volumes sharing a drive have separate percentages that look quite healthy, but their combined percentage reveals that I am perilou…