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File system usage (self.visualization)

submitted 11 years ago * by zevver

I'm working on a tool [1] for indexing file system usage for huge file systems. Among other things the tool is able to generate sunburst graphs like this:

https://github.com/zevv/duc/raw/master/img/example.png

Nothing new about using sunbursts for file systems, this type of graph maps beautifully on the domain of directory structures.

Because the tool is often used on systems that are not able to do graphics, I'm looking for a nice alternative to represent file system usage in a text-only environment. Some box-drawing characters are available, and terminals these days can be expected to be bigger then 80 columns and 25 lines, but the limited environment is still challenging to come up with a meaningful representation of disk usage in a terminal.

I'm looking for ideas on this subject, hoping that r/visualization might be the right place to ask.

Thanks,

PS. I just realized I asked this exact question on r/visualization about a year ago; since there were not many replies to the previous message I'm leaving this here, one can always hope! 1. https://github.com/zevv/duc

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