{"id":1358,"date":"2017-08-13T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T12:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:25:35","slug":"linux-df-commands-to-check-disk-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xsofthost.com\/help\/linux-df-commands-to-check-disk-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux \u201cdf\u201d Commands to Check Disk Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1358\" class=\"elementor elementor-1358\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b65eb8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b65eb8c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7d2299\" data-id=\"c7d2299\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0c9a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0c9a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Linux df Commands stand for \u201cdisk filesystem\u201c, it is used to get full summary of available and used disk space usage of file system on Linux system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-599a907 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"599a907\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a415012\" data-id=\"a415012\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3819b58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3819b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is linux df commands<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa4ca4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa4ca4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdf is a standard Unix command used to display the amount of available disk space for file systems on which the invoking user has appropriate read access. \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3a335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f3a335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">linux df commands Check File System Disk Space Usage<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a38d98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a38d98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdf command displays device name information , total blocks, total disk space, used disk space, available disk space and mount points on a file system.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e997e elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"f7e997e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df\nFilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 414744552 275094172 118575900 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 1507332924 52630156 1378111616 4% \/Home\ntmpfs 257476 0 257476 0% \/run\/user\/0<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0219f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0219f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Disk Space Usage as Human Readable Format<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e3350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07e3350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>df<\/b> command provides an option to display size information in Human Readable format by passing \u2018-h\u2019 parameter (prints the results in human readable format (e.g., 1K 2M 3G 1T)).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cbb08b elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8cbb08b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -h\nFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 396G 263G 114G 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 1.5T 51G 1.3T 4% \/Home\ntmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% \/run\/user\/0\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92abf09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92abf09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Information of one device like \/home File System<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91cec27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91cec27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo display the information of one device (e.g. \/home) file system in human readable format run the following command.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776ff9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"776ff9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -hT \/home\nFilesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda2 ext4 1.5T 51G 1.3T 4% \/home\n\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1e4f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d1e4f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Disk Space Usage Information of File System in Bytes\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad8f9ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad8f9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To display all file system information and usage in 1024-byte blocks, use the df command option \u2018-k\u2018 :<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37b9dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"c37b9dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -k\nFilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 414744552 275097656 118572416 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 1507332924 52630360 1378111412 4% \/home\ntmpfs 3283876 0 3283876 0% \/run\/user\/0\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a71d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a71d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Disk Space Usage Information of File System in MB<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c351ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c351ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo display Disk Space information of file system usage in MB (Mega Byte) use the option as \u2018-m\u2018.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20227c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"20227c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -m\nFilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 405024 268646 115799 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 1472005 51401 1345809 4% \/home\ntmpfs 3207 0 3207 0% \/run\/user\/0<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fb5f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19fb5f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Disk Space Usage Information of File System in GB<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ccdde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96ccdde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo display Disk Space information of file system usage in GB (Gigabyte) use the option as \u2018-h\u2018.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffd27c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"6ffd27c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -h\nFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 396G 263G 114G 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 1.5T 51G 1.3T 4% \/home\ntmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% \/run\/user\/0\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27ccb02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27ccb02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display File System Type<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd784b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd784b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTo check the file system type of your system use the option \u2018T\u2018. It will display file system type and other information as following:\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfb429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"ddfb429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -T\nFilesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/xda1 ext3 414744552 275092992 118577080 70% \/\n\/dev\/xda2 ext4 1507332924 52634268 1378107504 4% \/home\ntmpfs tmpfs 3283876 0 3283876 0% \/run\/user\/0\n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412c1b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"412c1b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Display Help Information of Linux df Commands<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eeec16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eeec16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018<b>\u2013-help<\/b>\u2018 switch will display a list of available option that are used with df command.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1226258 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"1226258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df \u2013help<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux df Commands stand for \u201cdisk filesystem\u201c, it is used to get full summary of available and used disk space usage of file system on Linux system. 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