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. Instead of showing a

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of the files within a

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, or even a columns-represent-directories view like ''xdiskusage'', it shows a series of concentric

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s representing the various directories within the requested partition or directory and the amount of space they use. This method is known as a multilevel pie chart, sunburst chart or ring chart. Users may also on the pie-chart segment representing a particular directory and repeat the analysis for that directory, right click that segment to open a

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in that location, or copy to

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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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KDE Utils Project page

Official Git Repository
Disk usage analysis software Extragear Free system software KDE Software that uses Qt {{Storage-software-stub

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