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How can I get the current disk usage (in %) of my hard drive from the command line?

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By using the df command.

Here's an example output:

$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1            303537496  27537816 260580948  10% /
none                    950788       252    950536   1% /dev
none                    959516       232    959284   1% /dev/shm
none                    959516       388    959128   1% /var/run
none                    959516         0    959516   0% /var/lock

Also take a look at its manpage.

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df -m will show things in megabytes, df -h will show you in the largest possible unit. – Oli♦ Jan 11 '11 at 15:48
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+1 I'm a huge fan of df -h. – Zoot Jan 11 '11 at 15:56
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@Oli: But that won't change the percentage! Kidding, +1. ;) – htorque Jan 11 '11 at 15:59

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