A practical guide to reclaiming disk space on Linux using three tools: dysk for visualizing filesystem usage, broot in whale-spotting mode for identifying and deleting large files/directories, and backdown for intelligently removing duplicate files. A real-world session demonstrates recovering 21GB by removing 5917 duplicate files from an Images directory through an interactive question-based workflow.
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Confirm the problem with dyskSpot and delete big files and directories with brootDelete thousands of duplicates with backdownSort: