[ale] how do I view system logs / check disk space

[atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com (Ron Frazier)]

Thanks to all the people who responded to this thread. I'll be trying 
those commands you mentioned and post further responses later.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 02/24/2011 12:17 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> I was trying to view some of the logs in /var/log with gedit.  I have
> some questions.
>
> Is there a gui based log viewer where I can pick the log from a list and
> view it quickly?
>
> There are some logs such as wtmp which gedit cannot edit.  Is there a
> way to access those.
>
> Also, what's the command to check how much disk space you're using and
> how much each thing in a directory is using?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>    

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