Linux Disk Storage Cheat Sheet/Show filesystem stats for a path

Inspect block size, available blocks, and filesystem ID for a mounted path.

Section: Inventory and Capacity

Show filesystem stats for a path

bash
bash
stat -f /var
Explanation

Inspect block size, available blocks, and filesystem ID for a mounted path.

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