What Is Df in Linux Command?
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df (abbreviation for disk free) is a standard Unix command used to display the amount of available disk space for file systems on which the invoking user has appropriate read access. df is typically implemented using the statfs or statvfs system calls.

What is df command do?

Use the df command to display information about total space and available space on a file system. … If a file or directory is specified, then the df command displays information for the file system on which it resides. Normally, the df command uses free counts contained in the superblock.

How does df work Linux?

The df command is used to show the amount of disk space that is free on file systems. In the examples, df is first called with no arguments. This default action is to display used and free file space in blocks. In this particular case, th block size is 1024 bytes as is indicated in the output.

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