“I keep ncdu installed as a matter of course. It’s one of those
tools that I wish I could use more often, because what it does is
very cool and very useful … just not very frequently.“I suppose disk usage meters in general suffer the same weak
point — aside from perhaps a once-a-month file weeding, I
don’t need them very often. The idea of a disk usage meter isn’t
innovative either, seeing as you get du as a free gift in most
distros. But what du lacks in presentation, others make up in
style. ncdu was one example, and here’s another: gt5.”
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