DISCUS(1)

💾 DISCUS 💾

okay bestie, so discus is a whole command from the General Commands Manual and it's literally here to make your disk space look cute. it's giving main character energy for your filesystem. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

discus — print a report of disk space usage 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

discus [options]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the whole vibe of discus is that it wants to make df(1) prettier. no cap. like, df is fine but discus said "let me cook" 🔥

the features include color, bar graphs, and smart formatting of numbers — which means it automatically picks the most suitable size for you out of kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes. it just knows. queen behavior honestly 👑

or, if you're feeling picky (valid), you can choose your own size, and also specify how many decimal places you'd like to see. your disk report, your rules 💅

you may also copy /etc/discusrc to $HOME/.discusrc and customize things to your preference. go off, personalize your little setup 🎀

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -h, --help — show a summary of options. the classic "wait what does this do again" button 🙈
• -c — disable color. for when you want it monochrome and mysterious 🖤
• -d — display device names instead of graphs. no bars, just names, simple as that 💀
• -p — number of digits to right of decimal place. you pick how much precision you want, bestie 🔢
• -s — do not use smart formatting. it stops auto-choosing the size for you, you're on your own now 🫡
• -t, -g, -m, -k — display sizes in terabytes, gigabytes, megabytes, or kilobytes, respectively. note that this assumes -s. so it's like, no smart formatting, just the unit you asked for, periodt ✨
• -v, --version — show version of program. iykyk 👑
• -r — takes into account even the reserved space to root; it will be counted in percentage and in available columns only. (Used is for real used space). lowkey important detail, don't skip it 🧚

📁 FILES 📁

• /etc/discusrc
• $HOME/.discusrc

these are your config besties. copy the first one to the second one and make it yours 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• df(1)
• pydf(1)

go read those too, they're the extended universe 🌸

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was adapted by Ron Farrer <rbf@debian.org> from one written by Stormy Henderson <stormy@raincrazy.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). iconic collab honestly 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one's from October 20, 2003, and it lives in the General Commands Manual as DISCUS(1) 🎀 go check your disk space and slay ✨💖