"pydf" (Python Disk File System) is an advanced command line tool and a good replacement for the "df command". It is used to display the used and The amount of free disk space, the same as the df command, but with different colors. The output of the pydf command can be customized to suit your needs.
This "pydf" command is written in Python and displays the disk usage and free space on a Linux installed file system, using custom colors for different file system types.
CentOS, Fedora Rocky, Alma Linux and other RHEL-based distributions do not have the pydf tool installed by default. You need to use the following command to install it.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ python3 -m venv pydf [linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ source pydf/bin/activate (pydf) [linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ su 密码： (pydf) [root@localhost www.linuxmi.com]# python3 -m pip install pydf Collecting pydf Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c7/27/8174d7338be329ea3aabb185a3a19860ea97b8e223b78b21511df529e0fe/pydf-12.tar.gz Installing collected packages: pydf Running setup.py install for pydf ... done Successfully installed pydf-12 You are using pip version 9.0.3, however version 23.0.1 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command. (pydf) [root@localhost www.linuxmi.com]# pip install --upgrade pip
Install Pydf in RHEL system
On older RHEL-based distributions, you need to enable the EPEL repository and install it using the yum command as shown.
# yum install pydf
On Debian-based distributions, the pydf tool is available from the package manager, and you can install it using apt-get or the apt command as shown.
linuxmi@linuxmi /home/linuxmi/www.linuxmi.com ⚡ sudo apt-get install pydf 或者 linuxmi@linuxmi /home/linuxmi/www.linuxmi.com ⚡ sudo apt install pydf
Install Pydf in Ubuntu system
On other Linux distributions, you can install pydf using the default package manager as shown.
$ sudo emerge -a app-admin/pydf [在Gentoo Linux上] $ sudo apk add pydf [在Alpine Linux上] $ sudo pacman -S pydf [在Arch Linux上] $ sudo zypper install pydf [在OpenSUSE上]
How to use pydf command in Linux
If you just run the "pydf" command without specifying arguments, it will only display information about disk space usage and all mounted file systems.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf
pydf – Display file system disk usage
To check which file system has 0 blocks, just run the following command along with the "-a" or "--all" parameters.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -a
pydf – Show file system with 0 blocks
To view the output in a human-readable format, use the option "" -h", which will print the sizes (e.g., 10K, 10M, 10G).
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -h
pydf - displays disk usage in a human-readable format
To print the size in kilobytes (for example, 1024 block size), use option "-k" as shown below.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -k
pydf – Display disk usage in kilobytes
To print summary output in megabytes (e.g., 1048576 block size), use option "-m" as shown below.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -m
pydf – Display disk usage in megabytes
To print the size in gigabytes (e.g. 1073781826), specify the option "-g" as shown below.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -g
pydf – Display disk usage in GB
To see information about inodes instead of blocks, use the "-i" parameter given below.
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf -i
如果你想禁用彩色输出，只需使用选项“ --bw”。
[linuxmi@localhost www.linuxmi.com]$ pydf --bw
pydf 有自己的配置文件，您可以在其中定义自己的自定义颜色，为您的输出提供一些额外的感觉和外观。
vi /etc/pydfrc
有关更多信息和用法，请通过在终端中运行“ pydf –help ”来阅读pydf的帮助页面。
# pydf --help
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