Filelight

<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
<p>Instead of showing a <a href="/facts/Tree_view/g7T0F8SU">tree view</a> of the files within a <a href="/facts/Disk_partitioning/wrBk5RRS">partition</a> or <a href="/facts/Directory_(computing)/VLtLcEXY">directory</a>, or even a columns-represent-directories view like <i>xdiskusage</i>, it shows a series of concentric <a href="/facts/Pie_chart/SmWhvWpM">pie charts</a> representing the various directories within the requested partition or directory and the amount of space they use.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> This method is known as a multilevel pie chart, sunburst chart or ring chart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Users may also on the pie-chart segment representing a particular directory and repeat the analysis for that directory,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> right click that segment to open a <a href="/facts/File_manager/t7CSQ40a">file manager</a> or <a href="/facts/Terminal_emulator/yNfevBJd">terminal emulator</a> in that location, or copy to <a href="/facts/Clipboard_(computing)/CI8zUmP2">clipboard</a> or delete the directory, and right click the segment representing a file to open it, copy it to the clipboard, or delete it.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
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<li>Free and open-source software portal</li><li>Linux portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="http://utils.kde.org/projects/filelight/contact.php">KDE Utils Project page</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Purdy, Kevin (2008-01-14). "See Your Hard Drive Space-Eaters with Filelight". lifehacker. Retrieved 2014-07-05. <a href="https://lifehacker.com/344524/see-your-hard-drive-space-eaters-with-filelight" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/344524/see-your-hard-drive-space-eaters-with-filelight</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Software nachinstallieren". Linux-Systemadministration. X.systems.press. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2005-01-01. pp. 347–361. doi:10.1007/3-540-27131-7_12. ISBN 9783540203995. <a href="9783540203995" target="_blank">9783540203995</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Huang, C.-H.; Lanciotti, E.; Magini, N.; Ratnikova, N.; Sanchez-Hernandez, A.; Serfon, C.; Wildish, T.; Zhang, X. (2012-01-01). "Data Storage Accounting and Verification at LHC experiments" (PDF). Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 396 (3): 032090. Bibcode:2012JPhCS.396c2090H. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/396/3/032090. ISSN 1742-6596. <a href="https://lss.fnal.gov/archive/2012/conf/fermilab-conf-12-826-cd.pdf" target="_blank">https://lss.fnal.gov/archive/2012/conf/fermilab-conf-12-826-cd.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Upfold, Peter (2008-01-07). "Filelight - a KDE disk usage tool". FOSSwire. Retrieved 2014-07-05. <a href="http://fosswire.com/post/2008/01/filelight-a-kde-disk-usage-tool/" target="_blank">http://fosswire.com/post/2008/01/filelight-a-kde-disk-usage-tool/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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