Use du to show directory sizes only | du can show directory sizes only. This is helpful to get a quick glance at what directories are taking up space. Here’s the command I like to use: $ du -sh * Here is what it looks like in action from /var on one of my servers: stmiller@li166-66:/var$ sudo du -sh * 38M backups 48M
Compact VirtualBox Hard Disk .vdi
Compact VirtualBox Hard Disk .vdi | If you use VirtualBox ‘Dynamically Expanding’ disk images, you can also compact the image back down in size. This example shows how to shrink down a Windows virtual machine guest running on a Linux host. Step 1: Inside the Windows VM, defrag the hard drive. Go ahead and defrag even if it says a defrag
