42 Free Up Space Disk

🪧 Overview

This bash script allows you to free up to 3GB of disk space in your home directory, by deleting the cache of several applications.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the project

git clone git@github.com:ricardoreves/42-free-up-space-disk.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

cd 42-free-up-space-disk

3. Set the script executable permission

chmod +x free_up_space_disk.sh

4. Run the script

bash free_up_space_disk.sh

5. Run the script every time you log in.

echo "bash ~/42-free-up-space-disk/free_up_space_disk.sh" >> ~/.zshrc

💡 Other Solutions

Find and delete manually

1. Navigate to your home directory

cd ~

2. Display the total disk usage size of the directory

du -cksh *

3. Manually delete the files you deem unnecessary

rm -rf <path>

Use machine disk (goinfre)

1. Navigate to your goinfre

cd /goinfre/<login42>

NOTE: however you will have to work on the same machine

🧼 Formatting the Home directory

1. Save the contents of your home in a USB key
2. Create a .reset/.reset_library file at the root of your home

# reset the home directory
touch ~/.reset

# reset the home library directory
touch ~/.reset_library

3. Logout then Login
4. Now your home is like the first day !

📚 References

• osxdaily.com - Command Line Disk Usage Utilities: df and du