dust

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![Build Status](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/actions/workflows/CICD.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/bootandy/dust/actions)\n\n\n# Dust\n\ndu + rust = dust. Like du but more intuitive.\n\n# Why\n\nBecause I want an easy way to see where my disk is being used.\n\n# Demo\n\n![Example](media/snap.png)\n\nStudy the above picture. \n\n* We see `target` has 1.8G\n* `target/debug` is the same size as `target` - so we know nearly all the disk usage of the 1.8G is in this folder\n* `target/debug/deps` this is 1.2G - Note the bar jumps down to 70% to indicate that most disk usage is here but not all.\n* `target/debug/deps/dust-e78c9f87a17f24f3` - This is the largest file in this folder, but it is only 46M - Note the bar jumps down to 3% to indicate the file is small.\n\nFrom here we can conclude:\n * `target/debug/deps` takes the majority of the space in `target` and that `target/debug/deps` has a large number of relatively small files.\n  \n\n## Install\n\n### Quick Install (Linux, macOS, Windows) \n```bash\ncurl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bootandy/dust/refs/heads/master/install.sh | sh\n```\n\n### Cargo \u003ca href=\"https://repology.org/project/du-dust/versions\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/du-dust.svg\" alt=\"Packaging status\" align=\"right\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\n#### Cargo\n\n- `cargo install du-dust`\n\n#### \ud83c\udf7a Homebrew (Mac OS)\n\n- `brew install dust`\n\n#### \ud83c\udf7a Homebrew (Linux)\n\n- `brew install dust`\n\n#### [Snap](https://ubuntu.com/core/services/guide/snaps-intro) Ubuntu and [supported systems](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd)\n\n- `snap install dust`\n\nNote: `dust` installed through `snap` can only access files stored in the `/home` directory. See daniejstriata/dust-snap#2 for more information.\n\n#### [Pacstall](https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall) (Debian/Ubuntu)\n\n- `pacstall -I dust-bin`\n\n#### Anaconda (conda-forge)\n\n- `conda install -c conda-forge dust`\n\n#### [deb-get](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get) (Debian/Ubuntu)\n\n- `deb-get install du-dust`\n\n#### [x-cmd](https://w",
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