inodes

inodes is a Shell/Bash script to count and display directory inode (each file) usage, and size. Features Include: Output full directory report Filter out directories based on inode size Include tree view of directories based on inode size Upcoming Features: Cleaner UI output Update check (maybe) New shorthand arg (ie "-et 1000" same as "-e 1000 -t 1000") Output report to HTML file Enhanced tree view to support extended depth (in dev) Watch argument to add cronjob and notify by email Got an idea?

Tree display will allow you show sub-directories in the output that have over a specific number of inodes. So if you want a directory with over 50,000 inodes to display the sub-directories in a tree format, use the -t argument.

Exclude will allow you to exclude directories that are below a specific amount of inodes, therefore creating a smaller output/report.

Installation

wget -O ~/bin/inodes https://raw.smyl.es/inodes/master/inodes
chmod +x ~/bin/inodes

Usage

Directory path is not required. If nothing is provided the present working directory is used.

Argument	Example	Description
-d	inodes -d /path/to/dir	Specify path to directory to scan. Optional, will use pwd if not specified.
-t	inodes -t 50000	Display tree output for directories with over 50,000 inodes. Optional.
-e	inodes -e 100	Exclude directories that are below 100 inodes. Optional

Examples

Output inode report for /my/dir showing tree output for sub-directories on directories over 50000 inodes

inodes -d /my/dir -t 50000

Output inode report for /my/dir showing tree output for sub-directories on directories over 50000 inodes, excluding directories with under 10,000 inodes.

inodes -d /my/dir -t 50000 -e 10000

Output inode report for present working directory without any exclusion or tree output

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Troubleshooting

If you get a "inodes: command not found" you need to set the correct path. In installation above we installed into ~/bin/inodes

Check path with this command and make sure the file is in one of those directories:

echo ${PATH}

If not you can export path to your .bashrc file

PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
export PATH

And verify

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