# Check for free disk space

### How do you check for free disk space on linux?

The `df` command will come handy for this task. Run the command with the following arguments

    df -ah

Will return in a human readable format for all drives a readout of all your filesystems

    Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/md0        2.4G  1.3G  1.1G  54% /
    none            348M  4.0K  348M   1% /dev
    none               0     0     0    - /dev/pts
    none               0     0     0    - /proc
    none               0     0     0    - /sys
    /tmp            350M  1.3M  349M   1% /tmp
    /run            350M  3.2M  347M   1% /run
    /dev/shm        350M   12K  350M   1% /dev/shm
    /proc/bus/usb      0     0     0    - /proc/bus/usb
    securityfs         0     0     0    - /sys/kernel/security
    /dev/md3        1.8T  372G  1.5T  21% /volume2
    /dev/vg1000/lv  1.8T  1.5T  340G  82% /volume1
    /dev/sdq1       7.4G  3.8G  3.5G  52% /volumeUSB3/usbshare3-1
    /dev/sdr        294G  146G  134G  53% /volumeUSB2/usbshare
    none               0     0     0    - /proc/fs/nfsd
    none               0     0     0    - /config

The free disk space can be read in the `Avail` column

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