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/usr/bin/quota

linux disk quota system tools

From quota-tools 4.11-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running quota --help (exit 1). permalink

quota: Usage: quota [-guPqvswim] [-l | [-Q | -A]] [-F quotaformat]
	quota [-qvswim] [-l | [-Q | -A]] [-F quotaformat] -u username ...
	quota [-qvswim] [-l | [-Q | -A]] [-F quotaformat] -g groupname ...
	quota [-qvswim] [-l | [-Q | -A]] [-F quotaformat] -P projectname ...
	quota [-qvswugPQm] [-F quotaformat] -f filesystem ...

-u, --user                    display quota for user
-g, --group                   display quota for group
-P, --project                 display quota for project
-q, --quiet                   print more terse message
-v, --verbose                 print more verbose message
-s, --human-readable[=units]  display numbers in human friendly units (MB, GB,
                              ...). Units can be also specified explicitely by
                              an optional argument in format [kgt],[kgt] where
                              the first character specifies space units and the
                              second character specifies inode units
    --always-resolve          always try to translate name to id, even if it is
			      composed of only digits
-w, --no-wrap                 do not wrap long lines
-p, --raw-grace               print grace time in seconds since epoch
-l, --local-only              do not query NFS filesystems
-Q, --quiet-refuse            do not print error message when NFS server does
                              not respond
-i, --no-autofs               do not query autofs mountpoints
-F, --format=formatname       display quota of a specific format
-f, --filesystem-list         display quota information only for given
                              filesystems
    --filesystem=path         display quota information only for given
                              filesystem, remaining command line arguments
                              are still treated as user/group/project names
-A, --all-nfs                 display quota for all NFS mountpoints
-m, --no-mixed-pathnames      trim leading slashes from NFSv4 mountpoints
    --show-mntpoint           show mount point of the file system in output
    --hide-device             do not show file system device in output
-h, --help                    display this help message and exit
-V, --version                 display version information and exit

Bugs to: jack@suse.cz
Options (21)
OptionDescriptionSource
-u, --userflag is equivalent to the default.help + man
-g, --groupPrint group quotas for the group of which the user is a member.help + man
-P, --projectPrint project quotas for the specified project.help + man
-q, --quietPrint a more terse message, containing only information on filesystems where usage is over quota.help + man
-v, --verbosewill display quotas on filesystems where no storage is allocated.help + man
-s, --human-readable unitsdisplay numbers in human friendly units (MB, GB, ...).help
--always-resolveAlways try to translate user / group name to uid / gid even if the name is composed of digits only.help + man
-w, --no-wrapDo not wrap the line if the device name is too long.help + man
-p, --raw-graceWhen user is in grace period, report time in seconds since epoch when his grace time runs out (or has run out).help + man
-l, --local-onlyreport quotas only on local filesystems (ie.help + man
-Q, --quiet-refuseDo not print error message if connection to rpc.rquotad is refused (usually this happens when rpc.rquotad is not running on the server).help + man
-i, --no-autofsignore mountpoints mounted by automounterhelp + man
-F, --format formatnameShow quota for specified format (ie.help + man
-f, --filesystem-listreport quotas only for filesystems specified on command line.help + man
--filesystem pathdisplay quota information only for given filesystem, remaining command line arguments are still treated as user/group/project nameshelp + man
-A, --all-nfsreport quotas for all NFS filesystems even if they report to be on the same device.help + man
-m, --no-mixed-pathnamesCurrently, pathnames of NFSv4 mountpoints are sent without leading slash in the path.help + man
--show-mntpointShow also mount point as a filesystem identification.help + man
--hide-deviceDo not show device name in a filesystem identification.help + man
-h, --helpdisplay this help message and exithelp
-V, --versiondisplay version information and exithelp

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