Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Finally got a SSD drive to put my OS on

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

eric wrote:
> On 4/19/23 21:23, Dale wrote:
>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>> > I wonder.  Is there a way to find out the smallest size file in a
>>> directory or sub directory, largest files, then maybe a average file
>>> size???  I thought about du but given the number of files I have
>>> here, it would be a really HUGE list of files. Could take hours or
>>> more too.  This is what KDE properties shows.
>>>
>>> I'm sure there are more accurate ways but
>>>
>>> sudo ls -R / | wc
>>>
>>> give you the number of lines returned from the ls command. It's not
>>> perfect as there are blank lines in the ls but it's a start.
>>>
>>> My desktop machine has about 2.2M files.
>>>
>>> Again, there are going to be folks who can tell you how to remove
>>> blank lines and other cruft but it's a start.
>>>
>>> Only takes a minute to run on my Ryzen 9 5950X. YMMV.
>>>
>>
>> I did a right click on the directory in Dolphin and selected
>> properties.  It told me there is a little over 55,000 files.  Some
>> 1,100 directories, not sure if directories use inodes or not.
>> Basically, there is a little over 56,000 somethings on that file
>> system.  I was curious what the smallest file is and the largest. No
>> idea how to find that really.  Even du separates by directory not
>> individual files regardless of directory.  At least the way I use it
>> anyway.
>>
>> If I ever have to move things around again, I'll likely start a
>> thread just for figuring out the setting for inodes.  I'll likely
>> know more about the number of files too.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>
> If you do not mind using graphical solutions, Filelight can help you
> easily visualize where your largest directories and files are residing.
>
> https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/kde-apps/filelight
>
>> Visualise disk usage with interactive map of concentric, segmented rings 
>
> Eric
>
> .
>

There used to be a KDE app that worked a bit like this.  I liked it but
I think it died.  I haven't seen it in ages, not long after the switch
from KDE3 to KDE4 I think.  Given the volume of files and the size of
the data, I wish I could zoom in sometimes.  Those little ones disappear. 

Thanks for that info. Nifty. 

Dale

:-)  :-)