The problem
Your disk is running out of space and you need to find what is consuming storage.
The solution
# Show disk usage summary
df -h # Human readable
df -i # Inode usage
# Check specific directory size
du -sh /path # Summary total
du -sh * # Each item in current dir
du -h --max-depth=1 # One level deep
# Find large files (>100MB)
find / -type f -size +100M 2>/dev/null
find . -type f -size +50M -exec ls -lh {} \;
# Sort by size
du -sh * | sort -rh
ls -lhS # Sort files by size
# Find largest directories
du -ah /path | sort -rh | head -20
# Clean package cache (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt clean
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove
# Clean package cache (CentOS/RHEL/Fedora)
sudo yum clean all
sudo dnf clean all
# Remove old logs
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=7d # Keep last 7 days
sudo rm -rf /var/log/*.gz
# Find and delete core dump files
find / -name "core.*" -type f -size +10M -delete
# Remove old Docker data
docker system prune -a
# Check for deleted files still held
lsof | grep deleted
# NPM cleanup
npm cache clean --force
# Analyze with ncdu (interactive)
ncdu /path # Install ncdu firstPut it to work
# Find what's using space in home directory
cd ~
du -sh * | sort -rh | head -10
# Find large log files
find /var/log -type f -name "*.log" -size +100M
# Clean system
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt clean
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=3d
# Check disk usage
df -h
# Check inodes if deletion fails
df -iWorth knowing
Use ncdu for interactive analysis. Large deleted files still in use appear in lsof. Check inodes if "no space" but df shows free space.