24.4.4. Using the df Command
The
df command allows you to display a detailed report on the system's disk space usage. To do so, type the following at a shell prompt:
df
For each listed file system, the
df command displays its name (Filesystem), size (1K-blocks or Size), how much space is used (Used), how much space is still available (Available), the percentage of space usage (Use%), and where is the file system mounted (Mounted on). For example:
~]$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_kvm-lv_root 18618236 4357360 13315112 25% /
tmpfs 380376 288 380088 1% /dev/shm
/dev/vda1 495844 77029 393215 17% /boot
By default, the
df command shows the partition size in 1 kilobyte blocks and the amount of used and available disk space in kilobytes. To view the information in megabytes and gigabytes, supply the -h command-line option, which causes df to display the values in a human-readable format:
df-h
For instance:
~]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_kvm-lv_root 18G 4.2G 13G 25% /
tmpfs 372M 288K 372M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/vda1 485M 76M 384M 17% /boot
For a complete list of available command-line options, see the df(1) manual page.
