du feature

[Andrew Zwieg]

I'd like to request a feature for coreutils, specifically 'du'. I have a 
situation where root(/)  typically fills up alot(It would be easier to change 
this situation, however that's not an option), So what i'm left with is if you 
do du -sh /*, it makes a mess when it gets to /home if you have root squashed 
home directories. It would be really nice to have an exclude flag, such as '-e' 
to exclude /home, or other directories. 

I'm aware we can do something similar with find, in a rather un-easy syntax to 
remember, and 3 pipes; it seems this is more appropriate in the 'du' tool. 
I took a look over the rejected feature request, and found the below link, It 
appears to be a different than the feature I'm requesting, because of the 
nature of wanting to ignore the size, not the directory itself.  
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-04/msg00043.html


looking forward to you feedback.


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Thanks!

Andrew Zwieg
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