Clearing Disk Space at Command Line to fix Low Graphics Mode Problem

Question

My SSD is completely full and I can't access the desktop to be able to delete these files. I need help on how to set the command to delete the files of a particular folder ie Videos

Answer 1

To drop to text console press:

CTRL+ALT+F1

To be efficient with searching for the biggest files in your home folder:

du ~ | sort -n -r| less

or just in the folder Video

du ~/Video | sort -n -r| less

Answer 2

the commands you need are...

To see which folder you're in:

pwd

To change directory (folder)":

cd /home/u29/Videos      (for example)

List the files there by size:

ls -lS

Then, if file "vid887.mp4: is the last on the list, then delete it with:

rm vid887.mp4

To see how much disk space you have free:

df -h