Void folder is taking megabytes of space in OSX
xxx@MacBook- ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh *
2.6M app
4.0K build.gradle
60K gradle
4.0K gradle.properties
8.0K gradlew
4.0K gradlew.bat
4.0K instruction.txt
4.0K local.properties
4.0K Project5.iml
4.0K settings.gradle
xxx@MacBook-Pro ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh
36M .
I am trying to determine what is taking so much space in Project5 folder. I used du -sh * to get a list of all files and folders and their size. Then I used du -sh to determine the main folder size itself.
Space taken by the files listed after the firs command is around 2.7M, space taken by the main folder is 36M
36 - 2.7 = 33.3. What is happening with 33MB of space in this folder? How can I determine which file or folder is taking the missing memory?
macos fish macos-mojave
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
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xxx@MacBook- ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh *
2.6M app
4.0K build.gradle
60K gradle
4.0K gradle.properties
8.0K gradlew
4.0K gradlew.bat
4.0K instruction.txt
4.0K local.properties
4.0K Project5.iml
4.0K settings.gradle
xxx@MacBook-Pro ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh
36M .
I am trying to determine what is taking so much space in Project5 folder. I used du -sh * to get a list of all files and folders and their size. Then I used du -sh to determine the main folder size itself.
Space taken by the files listed after the firs command is around 2.7M, space taken by the main folder is 36M
36 - 2.7 = 33.3. What is happening with 33MB of space in this folder? How can I determine which file or folder is taking the missing memory?
macos fish macos-mojave
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
add a comment |
xxx@MacBook- ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh *
2.6M app
4.0K build.gradle
60K gradle
4.0K gradle.properties
8.0K gradlew
4.0K gradlew.bat
4.0K instruction.txt
4.0K local.properties
4.0K Project5.iml
4.0K settings.gradle
xxx@MacBook-Pro ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh
36M .
I am trying to determine what is taking so much space in Project5 folder. I used du -sh * to get a list of all files and folders and their size. Then I used du -sh to determine the main folder size itself.
Space taken by the files listed after the firs command is around 2.7M, space taken by the main folder is 36M
36 - 2.7 = 33.3. What is happening with 33MB of space in this folder? How can I determine which file or folder is taking the missing memory?
macos fish macos-mojave
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
xxx@MacBook- ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh *
2.6M app
4.0K build.gradle
60K gradle
4.0K gradle.properties
8.0K gradlew
4.0K gradlew.bat
4.0K instruction.txt
4.0K local.properties
4.0K Project5.iml
4.0K settings.gradle
xxx@MacBook-Pro ~/D/p/a/Project5_min> du -sh
36M .
I am trying to determine what is taking so much space in Project5 folder. I used du -sh * to get a list of all files and folders and their size. Then I used du -sh to determine the main folder size itself.
Space taken by the files listed after the firs command is around 2.7M, space taken by the main folder is 36M
36 - 2.7 = 33.3. What is happening with 33MB of space in this folder? How can I determine which file or folder is taking the missing memory?
macos fish macos-mojave
macos fish macos-mojave
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
kmbkmb
1155
asked Jan 25 at 16:36
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I suspect you have hidden files or directories ie begining with .
If you do then du -sh * does not find them as * expands to the non hidden entries only.
Try du -h to show all the directories.
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
MarkMark
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You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
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If there are a lot of subfolders, you can usedu -hd1to list only the top-level directories.
– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
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I suspect you have hidden files or directories ie begining with .
If you do then du -sh * does not find them as * expands to the non hidden entries only.
Try du -h to show all the directories.
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
MarkMark
5,0732229
You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
1
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can usedu -hd1to list only the top-level directories.
– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
add a comment |
I suspect you have hidden files or directories ie begining with .
If you do then du -sh * does not find them as * expands to the non hidden entries only.
Try du -h to show all the directories.
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
MarkMark
5,0732229
You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
1
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can usedu -hd1to list only the top-level directories.
– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
add a comment |
I suspect you have hidden files or directories ie begining with .
If you do then du -sh * does not find them as * expands to the non hidden entries only.
Try du -h to show all the directories.
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
MarkMark
5,0732229
I suspect you have hidden files or directories ie begining with .
If you do then du -sh * does not find them as * expands to the non hidden entries only.
Try du -h to show all the directories.
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
MarkMark
5,0732229
edited Jan 25 at 17:27
answered Jan 25 at 17:03
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answered Jan 25 at 17:03
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answered Jan 25 at 17:03
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You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
1
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can usedu -hd1to list only the top-level directories.
– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
add a comment |
You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
1
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can usedu -hd1to list only the top-level directories.
– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
You are right, I did not realize that -sh * option is not showing hidden files. Thanks for your help.
– kmb
Jan 25 at 17:22
1
1
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can use
du -hd1 to list only the top-level directories.– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
If there are a lot of subfolders, you can use
du -hd1 to list only the top-level directories.– Gordon Davisson
Jan 25 at 19:04
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