[tetris11]

Except that running "ls" doesn't show you the directory content size, and "ncdu" requires the user to make a tea first. The above poster is right in saying that having this built-in to the filesystem metrics would be a huge win.

[j33zusjuice]

But `du -h -d1` does, though, or `tree —-du -h`.

[aabbcc1241]

The time to scan with ncdu on directory with massive number of directories and files can be long and you don't get progressive stats.

I made jsdu to get progressive (and recursive) size.

I mostly only use jsdu on a few top levels directories, and use ncdu for the rest or after the stats is cached by jsdu.

You can install jsdu with "sudo npm i -g jsdu" or run it without install with "npx jsdu"

[Wingy]

duc!

use a cronjob for `duc index`, then you can use `duc ui` to see the index. it doesn’t immediately update on change so it’s not quite what you’re looking for, but it might be the closest thing.

[danparsonson]

Wow thank you for that! This whole thread is great - I've been missing a utility like this for ages but never took the time to go hunting for it.

[dotancohen]

If I ever need to know a directory size, du -sh foo/ is already muscle memory, and if OP needs it often he can alias it.