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# ncdu

> Disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface.
> More information: <https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/man>.

- Analyze the current working directory:

`ncdu`

- Colorize output:

`ncdu --color {{dark|off}}`

- Analyze a given directory:

`ncdu {{path/to/directory}}`

- Save results to a file:

`ncdu -o {{path/to/file}}`

- Exclude files that match a pattern, argument can be given multiple times to add more patterns:

`ncdu --exclude '{{*.txt}}'`
