Get the available space on a partition as a single numeric value 

df /path/to/dir | sed -ne 2p | awk '{print $4}'

October 2, 2011 — bashoneliners

Explanation

  • sed -ne 2p prints the 2nd line
  • awk '{print $4}' prints the 4th column

Limitations

The output of the df command might be different depending on the system, and the available space might not be the 4th column. Make the necessary adjustments depending on your system.

system-administration disk-space
awk sed df