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gt5: a diff-capable 'du-browser'
NAME
gt5 - a diff-capable 'du-browser'SYNOPSIS
gt5 [ dir | file | dir file | file file2 ] [options]DESCRIPTION
gt5 reads the output of du, compares it with a du-log saved by the last run, converts it into HTML and opens the resulting file with a textbrowser.If files are given on the commandline they are expected to be (optionally gzip/bzip2-compressed) logfiles of du -akx /some/dir. It is up to you to take care that the given directories/files represent the same directory. gt5 will show lots of new files if you don't. ;-)
OPTIONS
- --cut-at float
- Files and directories that are below float percent of their parents are not shown. Default is 0.1, gt5 will accept values between 0.01 and 30.
- --diff-dir directory
- Use directory instead of ~/.gt5-diffs/ to read/store du-logs. This switch is ignored if gt5 is only used with files.
- --discard
- Do not save the current state, in other words: be able to diff against the old state again. This feature is disabled if gt5 is only used with files.
- --link-files
- Also insert links to files to access them from within gt5. This can be very handy if your browser is configured to handle the files MIME-type correctly. This feature is disabled if gt5 is only used with files.
- --max-depth int
- Do not show anything below a depth of int directories. Default is 5 (also see BUGS below).
- --max-lines int
- Only consider the int biggest files and directories within the output of du.
- --no-diffs
- Use this if you are not interested in the history of the directories processed, for example in /tmp.
- --save-as file
- DEPRECATED, use du -akx or du -ak (see --with-mounts), save the output to a file and run gt5 against one (ore two) of these files later.
- --save-state
- Force saving current state, overwriting a previous --discard. (Some people seem to have gt5 aliased to 'gt5 --discard'.)
- --with-mounts
- By default gt5 calls du with -akx to ignore mounted filesystems. Use this to inspect mounted partitions too, i.e. call du with -ak
HELPERS
If gawk or a textbrowser are missing and you want to install them into ~/bin (or /usr/local/bin if you have write access there), gt5 comes with the following helpers:- --get-gawk
- Download, compile and install a copy of gawk.
- --get-links
- Download, compile and install a copy of links.
- --get-links2
- Download, compile and install a copy of links2.
- --get-elinks
- Download, compile and install a copy of elinks.
TEXTBROWSERS
It is recommended to use links with gt5. Other textbrowsers are also possible but there are several good reasons why links is given priority over the others:- elinks:
- links is much faster on startup/exit
- lynx:
- does not honor a documents coloring
- netrik:
- no colors, unfavourable cursor navigation
- retawq:
- no colors, can't handle <a name>-tags
- w3m:
- unfavourable handling of <a name>-tag, unfavourable cursor navigation and no colors
Only links/links2, elinks and lynx are now considered usable (and also chosen in that order). See ENVIRONMENT/GT5_BROWSER below.
FILES
~/.gt5.html- contains a copy of the last run
- compressed du-logs are stored here
ENVIRONMENT
- GT5_BROWSER
- force using a (specific) textbrowser
- GT5_CHARSET
- force using a (specific) charset for HTML header instead of using $LANG