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# dust
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> Give an instant overview of which directories are using disk space.
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> See also: `du`, `ncdu`.
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> More information: <https://github.com/bootandy/dust#usage>.
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- Display information for the current directory:
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`dust`
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- Display information about one or more directories:
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`dust {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
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- Display 30 directories (defaults to 21):
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`dust {{[-n|--number-of-lines]}} 30`
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- Display information for the current directory, up to 3 levels deep:
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`dust {{[-d|--depth]}} 3`
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- Display the largest directories at the top in descending order:
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`dust {{[-r|--reverse]}}`
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- Ignore a file or directory:
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`dust {{[-X|--ignore-directory]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
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- Do not display percent bars and percentages:
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`dust {{[-b|--no-percent-bars]}}`
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