Identity

Property	Value
Binary	`ncdu`
Config	No persistent config — invoked directly
Logs	No persistent logs — output to terminal
Type	CLI tool (interactive TUI)
Install	`apt install ncdu` / `dnf install ncdu`

Key Operations

Task	Command
Scan current directory interactively	`ncdu`
Scan a specific path	`ncdu /var/log`
Scan as root (access all files)	`sudo ncdu /`
Stay on one filesystem (skip NFS, cifs, bind mounts)	`ncdu -x /`
Exclude a path pattern	`ncdu --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' /`

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