`df` is Linux/Unix command used to show the disk usage & information. df is an abbreviation for `disk free`. df displays the amount of disk space available for a particular file system partition. If no name is given, it shows the space available on all currently mounted partitions.
`df` is a standard Unix command used to display the amount of available disk space for file systems on which the invoking user has appropriate read access. df is typically implemented using the statfs or statvfs system calls.
The basic syntax of the command is like the following:
`df <mounted partition name>`
Example usage:
`df /tmp` to show the available space of /tmp partition.
or `df` to show information about the partitions of the whole system.
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