Exploring Linux Disk Usage with the du Command Often we might simply want to check how much room a file or directory is using. The du command is useful for this and works in a similar way to the ...

I want to show you how you can check for drive space using three different commands: df – reports the amount of disk space used on a file system; du – reports the amount of space used by ...

Swap space might be configured as its own disk partition or be set up as a file. These days, most Linux installations create a partition during installation, and this is optimal.