How to tell how much memory is left on the SD card?

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I have a raspberry pi, I've downloaded quite a few extras on it.

I would like to be able to check how much memory I have left on my SD card. Is there a command that tells you memory available? Is the info in a file somewhere? Or do I have to check it with another computer?

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 23:27

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df -h /dev/root

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       2.3G  2.1G   86M  97% /

answered Nov 21 '13 at 23:27

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bobstro · Answer 2 · 2017-11-24T05:58:15.050

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As others have mentioned, df -h will give you overview. Also useful:

du -csh (show total disk space used in current tree)

du -csh /path (show total space used in specified tree)

du -csh (show space used in subdirectories)

You can also install the durep package which will give you a more granular breakdown of disk usage.

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answered May 15 '15 at 20:51

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 22 '13 at 02:29

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Issuing

df -h

from SSH or the terminal is by far the easiest way to view disk space on all devices, on any Linux computer.

edited Nov 22 '13 at 02:29

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answered Nov 21 '13 at 22:47

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 18 '20 at 16:48

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SUre you can use df or du but you can also get fancy with ncdu ! Very useful.

answered Jun 18 '20 at 16:48

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How to tell how much memory is left on the SD card?

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