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Du hidden files command #619

Closed lbarraga closed 3 months ago

lbarraga commented 3 months ago

This pull request suggests changing the -s and * for --max-depth 1 in the last two examples on du usage. There are two reasons for this suggestion:

Firstly, the docs say:

If you want to see the size of any file or top-level subdirectory in the current directory, you could use the following command: du -s -h *

Because * does not expand hidden files and directories it could be misleading for users trying to figure out the space their files are taking up. In contrast, --max-depth 1 does take this into account.

Secondly, I overheard @hajgato say users who hit quota frequently overlook hidden files and directories when cleaning up disk space. Some unnecessary tickets could be avoided with the new commands

boegel commented 3 months ago

Makes sense to me, what do you think @hajgato ?