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How can available free space on a disk be determined in a Linux system?

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In Linux, the df command is commonly used to determine free disk space. It displays information about file systems, including total size, used space, and available space.

Example usage:

df -h

The -h option outputs sizes in a human-readable format (KB, MB, GB).

To find out the free space for a specific directory, you can specify the path:

df -h /home

You can also use the du command to estimate the size of specific files or folders, but for free disk space, df is the main tool.