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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ du + rust = dust. A rust alternative to du
To install:
* Download linux / mac binary from [Releases](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/releases)
* unzip file: tar -xvf <file>
* copy file to search path: sudo cp <file> /usr/local/bin/
* copy file to search path: sudo mv dust /usr/local/bin/
Unlike du, dust is meant to give you an instant overview of which directories are using disk space without requiring sort or head. Dust does not count file system blocks; it uses file sizes instead. Dust will print a maximum of 1 'Did not have permissions message'.
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Performance: dust is currently about 4 times slower than du.
Alternatives:
* [NCDU](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu)
* du -d 1 -h | sort -h
Note: Apparent-size is calculated slightly differently in dust to gdu. In dust each hard link is counted as using file_length space. In gdu only the first entry is counted.