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Commands tagged file size

Terminal - Commands tagged file size - 7 results

find . -type f -size +100M

2013-02-07 11:58:10

User: chikondi

Functions: find

Tags: awk find ls file size

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Find files with size over 100MB and output with better lay-out

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largest() { dir=${1:-"./"}; count=${2:-"10"}; echo "Getting top $count largest files in $dir"; du -sx "$dir/"* | sort -nk 1 | tail -n $count | cut -f2 | xargs -I file du -shx file; }

2013-01-21 09:45:21

User: jhyland87

Functions: cut du echo file sort tail xargs

Tags: du file size file sizes

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Get top N files in X directory

You can simply run "largest", and list the top 10 files/directories in ./, or you can pass two parameters, the first being the directory, the 2nd being the limit of files to display.

Best off putting this in your bashrc or bash_profile file

find . -type f -exec du -sh {} + | sort -hr | head

2012-08-03 04:24:36

User: mrfixit42

Functions: du find sort

Tags: sort find file size

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Find biggest 10 files in current and subdirectories and sort by file size

"-exec" ftw.

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find . -type f -exec ls -shS {} + | head -10

2012-07-28 17:21:46

User: erichamion

Functions: find head ls

Tags: sort find GNU find file size

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Find biggest 10 files in current and subdirectories and sort by file size

This requires a version of GNU find that supports the -exec {} + action, but it seems more straightforward than the versions already posted.

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 du -h | sort -hr | head -10

2012-06-30 10:03:31

User: netaxiz

Functions: du find head sort xargs

Tags: sort find file size

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Find biggest 10 files in current and subdirectories and sort by file size

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find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 du -h | sort -hr | head

2012-06-29 12:43:06

User: mesuutt

Functions: du find sort xargs

Tags: sort find file size

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Find biggest 10 files in current and subdirectories and sort by file size

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find ./ -type f -size +100000k -exec ls -lh {} \; 2>/dev/null| awk '{ print $8 " : " $5}'

2012-01-21 04:19:35

User: Goez

Functions: awk find ls

Tags: awk find ls file size

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Find files with size over 100MB and output with better lay-out

This command does a basic find with size. It also improves the printout given (more clearer then default)

Adjusting the ./ will alter the path.

Adjusting the "-size +100000k" will specify the size to search for.