Discover surprisingly large directories from the command line.
~/projects/npm $ space-hogs
151 MB ~/projects/npm
Largest children directories, each larger than 9 MB
├── 31 MB [▒ ] /.git
├── 9 MB [▒ ] /node_modules/npm-registry-couchapp/node_modules
├── 12 MB [▒ ] /node_modules/tap/node_modules/nyc/node_modules
├── 20 MB [▒ ] /node_modules/standard/node_modules/standard-engine/node_modules/eslint/node_modules
├── 17 MB [▒ ] /node_modules/standard/node_modules/standard-format/node_modules/esformatter-jsx/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules
└── 62 MB [▒▒ ] (everything else)
151 MB Total
~/projects/npm $ space-hogs node_modules 5 --depth=0
114 MB ~/projects/npm/node_modules
Largest children directories, each larger than 5 MB
├── 6 MB [▒ ] /node-gyp
├── 11 MB [▒ ] /npm-registry-couchapp
├── 27 MB [▒ ] /tap
├── 56 MB [▒▒ ] /standard
└── 13 MB [▒ ] (everything else)
114 MB Total
$ npm i -g space-hogs
$ space-hogs --help
Usage
space-hogs [path] [size] [--depth=number]
Options
directory Directory to scan. Defaults to the current directory.
size Minimum size in MB. Defaults to 6% of the total MB.
--depth=number Number of sub-directories to dive into. 0 = none. Defaults to all.
Examples
$ space-hogs
$ space-hogs node_modules 5 --depth=0
$ space-hogs 1000
I'm happy to take contributions.
Here's some ideas:
du
for calculating disk usage. This won't work in Windows.du
using native code. Ideas?/usr/
.--debug
and to get some debug info that will be helpful for creating tickets.Super awesome and prolific node module creator Sindre Sorhus has a repo for sharing ideas for new modules. On Feb 10, 2016, I submitted a proposal for space-hogs: cli for discovering surprisingly large directories. There was a lot of interest, but nobody else created it, so I decided to see if I could.
Hi! My name is Dylan Greene. When not overwhelmed with my two young kids I enjoy contributing to the open source community. I'm also a tech lead at Opower.
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