Linux Check Disk Space Command

magicandre1981

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I recently switched from a Windows hosting to a Linux hosting operating system. I am using Ubuntu OS. I want to know how much disk space I am having on my package, which command to use?
 
MooseLucifer

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Check the following commands in Linux to know your disk space usage:

df command
Shows the amount of disk space used and available on Linux file systems.
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# df
Sample outputs
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3       99926320 74325616  20586160  79% /
tmpfs            1474392        0   1474392   0% /dev/shm
/usr/tmpDSK      3792768    74980   3525124   3% /tmp

du command
Display the amount of disk space used by the specified files and for each subdirectory.

Sample outputs
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# du
8       ./.cpobjcache/rim_bis_ipblocks
8       ./.cpobjcache/rim_bis_whitelist
20      ./.cpobjcache
4       ./bin
8       ./.pyzor
68      ./.razor
4       ./etc
4       ./public_ftp
40      ./.ssh
4       ./perl5/bin
4       ./perl5/lib/perl5/5.10.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
8       ./perl5/lib/perl5/5.10.1
4       ./perl5/lib/perl5/5.10.0
4       ./perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-thread-multi
20      ./perl5/lib/perl5
24      ./perl5/lib
32      ./perl5
4       ./public_html/cgi-bin
8       ./public_html
288     ./.cpanel/comet/channels/%2faddon_securityadvisor%2f1413347758606/messages
8       ./.cpanel/comet/channels/%2faddon_securityadvisor%2f1413347758606/feed
300     ./.cpanel/comet/channels/%2faddon_securityadvisor%2f1413347758606
304     ./.cpanel/comet/channels
8       ./.cpanel/comet/subscriber_channel_positions/gwSF5k42zkprIfjU
12      ./.cpanel/comet/subscriber_channel_positions
4       ./.cpanel/comet/subscriptions/gwSF5k42zkprIfjU/%2faddon_securityadvisor%2f1413347758606
8       ./.cpanel/comet/subscriptions/gwSF5k42zkprIfjU
16      ./.cpanel/comet/subscriptions
336     ./.cpanel/comet
540     ./.cpanel/datastore
4440    ./.cpanel/caches/dynamicui
4444    ./.cpanel/caches
5324    ./.cpanel
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/Test/Builder/IO
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/Test/Builder
156     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/Test
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/MakeMaker/Test/Setup
40      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/MakeMaker/Test
44      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib/MakeMaker
212     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/lib
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/testdata/reallylongdirectoryname/arch1
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/testdata/reallylongdirectoryname/arch2
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/testdata/reallylongdirectoryname
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/testdata
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/dir
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/lib/CORE
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/lib
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/libpath
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/di r
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32/vc
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist/win32
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t/liblist
636     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/t
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-YAML/CPAN/Meta
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-YAML/CPAN
40      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-YAML
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Parse-CPAN-Meta/Parse/CPAN
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Parse-CPAN-Meta/Parse
24      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Parse-CPAN-Meta
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/ExtUtils-Manifest/ExtUtils
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/ExtUtils-Manifest
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Scalar-List-Utils/Scalar/Util
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Scalar-List-Utils/Scalar
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Scalar-List-Utils/List/Util
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Scalar-List-Utils/List
44      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/Scalar-List-Utils
72      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/ExtUtils-Install/ExtUtils
76      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/ExtUtils-Install
80      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/File-Temp/File
84      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/File-Temp
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/JSON-PP/JSON/PP
96      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/JSON-PP/JSON
100     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/JSON-PP
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-Requirements/CPAN/Meta
40      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-Requirements/CPAN
44      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta-Requirements
164     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta/CPAN/Meta
200     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta/CPAN
204     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled/CPAN-Meta
660     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bundled
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/my
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/bin
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/inc/Parse/CPAN
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/inc/Parse
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/inc/ExtUtils
56      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/inc
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib/ExtUtils/Command
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker/version
92      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker
616     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib/ExtUtils
620     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/lib
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/bin
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/meta
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/Parse/CPAN
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/Parse
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/auto/ExtUtils/MakeMaker
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/auto/ExtUtils
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/auto
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/ExtUtils/Command
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker/version
92      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker
644     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib/ExtUtils
680     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/lib
344     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/man3
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/arch/auto/ExtUtils/MakeMaker
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/arch/auto/ExtUtils
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/arch/auto
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/arch
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/man1
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib/script
1080    ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14/blib
3312    ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.14
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/t/lib
68      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/t
36      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/xt/author
24      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/xt/release
64      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/xt
24      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/lib/Try
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/lib
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/bin
52      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/meta
24      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/lib/Try
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/lib/auto/Try/Tiny
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/lib/auto/Try
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/lib/auto
40      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/lib
24      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/man3
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/arch/auto/Try/Tiny
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/arch/auto/Try
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/arch/auto
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/arch
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/man1
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib/script
148     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/blib
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24/maint
520     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Try-Tiny-0.24
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/xt
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib/Dev
68      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests
76      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib/Test/Simple
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib/Test/Builder
88      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib/Test
120     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/lib
80      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/subtest
48      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/Tester
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/Simple
112     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t/Builder
672     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/t
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/xt
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/examples
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test/Tester
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test/use
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test/Builder/Tester
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test/Builder/IO
52      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test/Builder
248     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib/Test
256     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/lib
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/bin
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/meta
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/auto/Test/Simple
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/auto/Test
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/auto
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test/Tester
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test/use
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test/Builder/Tester
20      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test/Builder/IO
52      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test/Builder
248     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib/Test
268     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/lib
184     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/man3
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/arch/auto/Test/Simple
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/arch/auto/Test
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/arch/auto
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/arch
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/man1
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib/script
496     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014/blib
1572    ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/Test-Simple-1.001014
148     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/t
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/xt/author
28      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/xt/release
48      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/xt
76      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/lib/HTTP
80      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/lib
272     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/corpus
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/bin
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/meta
76      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/lib/HTTP
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/lib/auto/HTTP/Tiny
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/lib/auto/HTTP
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/lib/auto
92      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/lib
32      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/man3
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/arch/auto/HTTP/Tiny
8       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/arch/auto/HTTP
12      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/arch/auto
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/arch
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/man1
4       ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib/script
172     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/blib
16      ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056/eg
876     ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526/HTTP-Tiny-0.056
6996    ./.cpanm/work/1462283208.4526
7000    ./.cpanm/work
7004    ./.cpanm
96      ./.gem/specs/rubygems.org%80/quick/Marshal.4.8
100     ./.gem/specs/rubygems.org%80/quick
8336    ./.gem/specs/rubygems.org%80
8       ./.gem/specs/api.rubygems.org%443/quick/Marshal.4.8
12      ./.gem/specs/api.rubygems.org%443/quick
6232    ./.gem/specs/api.rubygems.org%443
14572   ./.gem/specs
432     ./.gem/ruby/1.8/cache
436     ./.gem/ruby/1.8
440     ./.gem/ruby
15016   ./.gem
28      ./.HttpRequest
4       ./sbin
20      ./.mc
40      ./.gnupg
4       ./cpanel3-skel/public_ftp
4       ./cpanel3-skel/public_html
12      ./cpanel3-skel
4       ./.pki/nssdb
8       ./.pki
76      ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv/include/linux
16      ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv/include/asm
96      ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv/include
64      ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv/tools
4       ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv/.tmp_versions
30640   ./rpmbuild/SOURCES/hv
31188   ./rpmbuild/SOURCES
12      ./rpmbuild/SPECS
31204   ./rpmbuild
2952    ./tmp/pear/cache
4       ./tmp/pear/temp
1352    ./tmp/pear/download
4316    ./tmp/pear
4320    ./tmp
2404    ./.spamassassin/sa-compile.cache
2408    ./.spamassassin
96      ./maldetect-1.5/files/internals
4       ./maldetect-1.5/files/sess
20      ./maldetect-1.5/files/clean
8       ./maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/appver
2584    ./maldetect-1.5/files/sigs
16      ./maldetect-1.5/files/service
2764    ./maldetect-1.5/files
2888    ./maldetect-1.5
24      ./.MirrorSearch/myip.cpanel.net/pingtimes
32      ./.MirrorSearch/myip.cpanel.net
428     ./.MirrorSearch/httpupdate.cpanel.net/pingtimes
436     ./.MirrorSearch/httpupdate.cpanel.net
12      ./.MirrorSearch/search.cpan.org/pingtimes
20      ./.MirrorSearch/search.cpan.org
24      ./.MirrorSearch/eaconfig.cpanel.net/pingtimes
32      ./.MirrorSearch/eaconfig.cpanel.net
28      ./.MirrorSearch/cabundle.cpanel.net/pingtimes
36      ./.MirrorSearch/cabundle.cpanel.net
28      ./.MirrorSearch/cpanmetadb.cpanel.net/pingtimes
36      ./.MirrorSearch/cpanmetadb.cpanel.net
596     ./.MirrorSearch
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You also use df command to show all file system on your hosting
Pass the -a or --all option to the df command to include in its output filesystems that have a size of zero blocks, run this command:

Code: 
df -a
Sample outputs
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# df -a
Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3       99926320 74325568  20586208  79% /
proc                   0        0         0    - /proc
sysfs                  0        0         0    - /sys
devpts                 0        0         0    - /dev/pts
tmpfs            1474392        0   1474392   0% /dev/shm
none                   0        0         0    - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
/usr/tmpDSK      3792768    74980   3525124   3% /tmp
/tmp             3792768    74980   3525124   3% /var/tmp


Getting more help about the df command
Pass the --help option see a brief help message:
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# df --help

Summarize disk usage for given directory name
Code: 
du -s /etc/
Sample outputs
Code: 
root@myvps1 [~]# du -s /etc/
33548   /etc/
Hope it helps!
 
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Excellent post Moose. Just to add a couple of other useful commands.

find / -size +5M

Will show you all files larger than 5MB, useful if your trying to track down whats eating space.
Also you can add the -h argument to the du and df commands for a more human readable output.
 
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