{"id":28594,"date":"2018-05-21T07:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T05:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28594"},"modified":"2018-05-21T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T05:58:38","slug":"understanding-disk-usage-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/21\/understanding-disk-usage-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding disk usage in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/21\/understanding-disk-usage-in-linux\/dutree-featured2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?fit=1283%2C715&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1283,715\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dutree-featured2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?fit=660%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28595\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2-500x279.png?resize=500%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?resize=500%2C279&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dutree-featured2.png?w=1283&amp;ssl=1 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ownyourbits.com\/2018\/05\/02\/understanding-disk-usage-in-linux\/\">Understanding disk usage in Linux<\/a>&#8221; 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