linux df command – report file system disk space usage
linux df command displays the amount of disk space available on the file system containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on all currently mounted file systems is shown.
If you need to check the file or folder storage space, you can use the linux du command.
Syntax
df [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Options
- -a, –all
include pseudo, duplicate, inaccessible file systems - -B, –block-size=SIZE
scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g., ‘-BM’ prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes; see SIZE format below - -h, –human-readable
print sizes in powers of 1024 (e.g., 1023M) - -H, –si
print sizes in powers of 1000 (e.g., 1.1G) - -i, –inodes
list inode information instead of block usage - -k
like –block-size=1K - -l, –local
limit listing to local file systems - –no-sync
do not invoke sync before getting usage info (default) - -P, –portability
use the POSIX output format - –sync invoke sync before getting usage info
- –total
elide all entries insignificant to available space, and produce a grand total - -t, –type=TYPE
limit listing to file systems of type TYPE - -T, –print-type
print file system type - -x, –exclude-type=TYPE
limit listing to file systems not of type TYPE - –output[=FIELD_LIST]
use the output format defined by FIELD_LIST, or print all fields if FIELD_LIST is omitted.
Examples & Use Cases
Show disk space available
In the following example, we will use the df command to display disk free space in a human-readable manner.
➜ df -h
Show disk free space in GB
In the following example, we use the df -BG option to display disk free space in GB.
➜ df -BG