Comments on: df Command in Linux: Disk Space, Inodes & Real Fixes

By: davidlee

davidlee — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:38:23 +0000

I also use lsblk to list the sizes of the available partitions and to spot all those disk-hogging snaps.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:04:13 +0000

In reply to Benjamin.

@Benjamin,

The command ‘df’ stands for disk free – see – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Df_(Unix)

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:48:45 +0000

The 'df' command stands for "disk filesystem" This is incorrect. 'df' stands for "disk free".

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:12:35 +0000

In reply to Fred.

I meant to say ‘over the age of 30’ ;)

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:10:59 +0000

In reply to James Marsh.

And here in lies the problem with this nonsense called gibibytes etc.
I am a computer tech and no other computer techs I know (under the age of 30), give this ridiculous notion of a megabyte being 1000×1000 any time of day.
Sorry but a megabyte WILL ALWAYS be 1024 kilobytes (1024 bytes) x 1024 kilobytes no matter how hard the push is to rename computing standards to fall in line with other standards of measurements i.e kilogram, kilometre etc

It’s a real pity that in Linux you can’t show file sizes in traditional/correct megabytes, gigabytes etc
I see Gibibyte and I think Gigabyte. THAT and mass confusion is all this nonsense has achieved.