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quotacheck:tldr:2d6b9

quotacheck: Check quotas on all mounted non-NFS filesystems.
$ sudo quotacheck --all
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The command sudo quotacheck --all is used to check disk usage and enforce disk quotas on a file system.

To explain it further:

  • sudo is a command that allows a user with administrative privileges to execute a command as a superuser or another user.
  • quotacheck is a command used to scan a file system and collect disk usage information.
  • --all is an option that instructs the quotacheck command to check all file systems listed in the /etc/fstab file.

Combining these components, the given command runs the quotacheck command with administrative privileges, scanning and collecting disk usage information for all file systems defined in the /etc/fstab file. It helps in managing and enforcing disk quotas, which are limits set on the amount of disk space a user or a group can utilize.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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