https://github.com/Canop/whalespotter

Find those big fat files and folders
https://github.com/Canop/whalespotter

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Find those big fat files and folders

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Canop/whalespotter
• Owner: Canop
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-07-31T15:53:22.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-06-30T19:31:32.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T10:35:48.140Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 121 KB
• Stars: 56
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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a convenient application to fast locate fat files and folders (linux & mac)

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## Installation

The simplest solution is to execute

	cargo install --locked whalespotter

## Usage

Pass the desired path:

	whalespotter ~

* Hit *ctrl-q* to quit

* *↑* and *↓* to select and *enter* to open",

* *enter* to open the selected directory (in whalespotter) or file (with `xdg-open`)

* *esc* to either unselect, or go to parent, or quit

* *pageUp* and *pageDown* to scroll

* *F5* to refresh

Note: reported sizes take blocks into account, so they may be smaller than the nominal size for the rare sparse files.

Whalespotter is dedicated to one use case: spotting big directories and files.

If your goal is to clean your disk, you might be interested in the more recent set of tools I developped.

They're described in [this blog post](https://dystroy.org/blog/reclaim-space-on-disk/).