From 3fd274ab36ab71fa94f13cf3990572ba010af501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andy boot Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 11:42:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 492532e..00b2383 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ # Dust du + rust = dust. A rust alternative to du -[Releases](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/releases) -To install: +## Install + * Download linux / mac binary from [Releases](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/releases) * unzip file: tar -xvf _downloaded_file.tar.gz_ * move file to executable path: sudo mv dust /usr/local/bin/ +## Overview 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'. @@ -42,9 +43,10 @@ djin:git/dust> dust 6.7M │ └── ./target/release/deps/libclap-87bc2534ea57f044.rlib 5.9M └── ./target/release/dust ``` -Performance: dust is currently about 4 times slower than du. +## Performance +dust is currently about 4 times slower than du. -Alternatives: +## Alternatives * [NCDU](https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu) * du -d 1 -h | sort -h