===== Check Which Folders Use The Highest Disk Space In Linux =====
This command is helpful to track the disk usage and bring it down to the disk usage hogs.\\

==== Command ====
 ''du -h <dir> 2>/dev/null | grep %%'%%[0-9\.]\+G%%'%%''\\
//Replace <dir> with your desired directory (for root use / )//\\

==== Output ====
{{:howto:disk-space-usage-665x206.png?nolink&400|}}

==== Explanation ====
''du -h''\\
Shows the directory and the sizes of each in a human readable format.\\

''2>/dev/null''\\
Discards output of non directories (such as /proc/)\\

''grep %%'%%[0-9\.]\+G%%'%%''\\
Sorts out directories that is 1+ GBs and up.\\

==== Reference ====
https://cloudcone.com/docs/article/check-which-folders-use-the-highest-disk-space-in-linux/