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Random man page:  extendfs(1m) -- extend a file system size (generic)
If the original file system image created on special does not make use of all of the available space, extendfs can be used to increase the capacity of a file system by updating the file system structure to include the extra space. The command-line parameter special specifies the device special file of either a logical volume or a disk partition. The special must be un-mounted before extendfs can b...
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To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use

	du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head
		-- Dru
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