Name

quota

Synopsis

quota [options] [user | group]

Description

Display disk usage and total space allowed for a designated user or group. With no argument, the quota for the current user is displayed. This command reports quotas for all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab.

Options

-g

Given with a user argument, display the quotas for the groups of which the user is a member, instead of the user’s quotas.

-q

Display information only for filesystems in which the user is over quota.

-u

The default behavior. When used with -g, display both user and group quota information.

-v

Display quotas for filesystems even if no storage is currently allocated.

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