How to check free space in Linux

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STEP 1: Connect to your service with ssh.

STEP 2: Use a df command.

Usage of DF command #

Basic syntax for this command is:

df [option] [devices]

To see used and available space use:

# df

Sample output is:

Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs          396856       0    396856   0% /dev
tmpfs             414256       0    414256   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs             414256   36632    377624   9% /run
tmpfs             414256       0    414256   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/vda2        9496644 1788720   7205808  20% /
/dev/vda1         499656  165700    297260  36% /boot
tmpfs              82848       0     82848   0% /run/user/0

To see free space, you can use this command:

# df -H /

Sample output will look like this:

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda2       9.1G  1.8G  6.9G  20% /

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