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diskonaut

Diskonaut is a command-line disk space analyzer tool designed to help users visualize and navigate their file system to identify large files and directories that consume most of the disk space. It provides a graphical representation of the file system in the terminal, allowing users to explore their disk usage interactively.

The tool presents disk usage in a tree-like structure, where each directory and file is represented as a node. Users can navigate through the directories using familiar keyboard shortcuts and expand or collapse nodes to dive deeper into the file system.

Diskonaut displays the size of each node, making it easy to identify large files and folders that are taking up a significant amount of disk space. It uses a color-coded scheme to highlight different file types and provides various sorting options to sort nodes by size, extension, or last modified time.

One of the key features of diskonaut is its ability to preview file contents without leaving the terminal. Users can open and view files directly in the tool, which is particularly useful for inspecting large log files or examining the contents of unknown files.

Overall, diskonaut is a powerful and user-friendly command-line tool that helps users visualize and analyze disk space usage efficiently, making it a handy tool for system administrators, developers, and anyone who needs to manage disk space effectively.

List of commands for diskonaut:

  • diskonaut:tldr:12d44 diskonaut: Start diskonaut in a specific directory.
    $ diskonaut ${path-to-directory}
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  • diskonaut:tldr:18287 diskonaut: Start diskonaut in the current directory.
    $ diskonaut
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  • diskonaut:tldr:99bf1 diskonaut: Disable deletion confirmation.
    $ diskonaut --disable-delete-confirmation
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  • diskonaut:tldr:c3cc5 diskonaut: Show file sizes rather than their block usage on the disk.
    $ diskonaut --apparent-size ${path-to-directory}
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