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du -mx [directory] | grep -P '^\d{4}' | sort -rn
2013-05-24 09:52:41
User: mc0e
Functions: du grep sort
Tags: bash Linux du
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list the top 15 folders by decreasing size in MB

I don't like doing a massive sort on all the directory names just to get a small set of them. the above shows a sorted list of all directories over 1GB. use head as well if you want.

du's "-x" flag limits this to one file system. That's mostly useful when you run it on "/" but don't want "/proc" and "/dev" and so forth. Remember though that it will also exclude "/home" or "/var" if those are separate partitions.

the "-a" option is often useful too, for listing large files as well as large directories. Might be slower.

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du -xB M --max-depth=2 /var | sort -rn | head -n 15
2013-05-23 10:45:21
User: bouktin
Functions: du head sort
Tags: bash Linux du
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list the top 15 folders by decreasing size in MB

list the top 15 folders by decreasing size in MB

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du -had 1 | sort -h
2013-05-13 11:07:48
User: unixmonkey44446
Functions: du sort
Tags: size file folder human-readable
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Display sorted, human readable list of file and folders sizes in your current working directory
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du -h --time --max-depth=1 | sort -hr
2013-04-27 03:03:44
User: funkjedi
Functions: du sort
Tags: directories directory size,du
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List directories sorted by (human readable) size
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du -h
2013-04-22 03:41:20
User: datamining
Functions: du
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-h means human readable

h　means human readable ,

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du --max-depth=1 -h * |sort -h -k 1 |egrep '(M|G)\s'
2013-02-14 08:56:56
User: TerDale
Functions: du egrep sort
Tags: disk usage size sort hidden
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Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.

Enhanced version: fixes sorting by human readable numbers, and filters out non MB or GB entries that have a G or an M in their name.

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ls -a | du --max-depth=1 -h 2>/dev/null |sort -h
2013-02-13 12:28:47
User: majar
Functions: du ls sort
Tags: disk usage size sort hidden
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Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.
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du -hs * | sort -h
2013-02-12 15:29:26
User: siliconmeadow
Functions: du sort
Tags: disk usage
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Sort contents of a directory with human readable output

Show sizes of all files and directories in a directory in size order.

du -hs * | sort -hr

for reverse order.

Taken from http://serverfault.com/questions/62411/how-can-i-sort-du-h-output-by-size

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du --max-depth=1 -h * |sort -n -k 1 |egrep 'M|G'
2013-02-07 18:52:29
User: leonteale
Functions: du egrep sort
Tags: disk usage size sort hidden
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Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.
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sudo dd if=/dev/sdc bs=4096 | pv -s `sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/sdc && du -sb /media/sdc/ |awk '{print $1}' && sudo umount /media/sdc`| sudo dd bs=4096 of=~/USB_BLACK_BACKUP.IMG
2013-02-06 09:29:10
User: juanmi
Functions: awk dd du mount sudo umount
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dd with progress bar and statistics to gzipped image
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largest() { dir=${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

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du . | sort -nr | awk '{split("KB MB GB TB", arr); idx=1; while ( $1 > 1024 ) { $1/=1024; idx++} printf "%10.2f",$1; print " " arr[idx] "\t" $2}' | head -25
2012-12-03 02:59:13
User: agas
Functions: awk du head printf sort
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List the size (in human readable form) of all sub folders from the current location

Lists the size in human readable form and lists the top 25 biggest directories/files

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du -sh *
2012-11-28 17:07:55
User: RedFox
Functions: du
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Sum of directories
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du -sh
2012-11-28 17:07:08
User: RedFox
Functions: du
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Total sum of directories
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du -hd1 |sort -h
2012-11-27 22:18:10
User: wrigleyster
Functions: du sort
Tags: du
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List the size (in human readable form) of all sub folders from the current location
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du -sm /home/* | sort -n | tail -10
2012-10-11 13:58:30
User: bertatum
Functions: du sort tail
Tags: disk usage du users
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Find the 10 users that take up the most disk space

without reverse...

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find . -type d -maxdepth 1 | xargs du -sh
2012-09-26 14:58:27
User: unixmonkey39631
Functions: du find xargs
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Size for all directories inside the current one
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echo $(find <directory> -name '*.<extension>' -exec du -s {} \; | tee $(tty) | cut -f1 | tr '\n' '+') 0 | bc
2012-09-17 22:46:50
User: ysangkok
Functions: cut du echo find tee tr
Tags: find du tty-dependant
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Sum files of certain extension in given directory

Also shows files as they are found. Only works from a tty.

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sudo -s du -sm /Users/* | sort -nr | head -n 10
2012-09-13 10:15:23
User: mematron
Functions: du head sort sudo
Tags: disk usage du users
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Find the 10 users that take up the most disk space

In OSX you would have to make sure that you "sudo -s" your way to happiness since it will give a few "Permission denied" errors before finally spitting out the results. In OSX the directory structure has to start with the "Users" Directory then it will recursively perform the operation.

Your Lord and master,

Mematron

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du -sh /home/*|sort -rh|head -n 10
2012-09-12 11:54:06
User: toaster
Functions: du head sort
Tags: disk usage sort du users
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Find the 10 lusers winners of the "I take up the most disk space" award

the -h option of du and sort (on appropriate distrib) makes output "Human" readable and still sorted by "reversed size" (sort -rh)

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du -sm /home/* | sort -nr | head -n 10
2012-09-11 13:09:22
User: dan
Functions: du head sort
Tags: disk usage du users
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Find the 10 users that take up the most disk space
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du -h --max-depth=1
2012-08-07 13:05:43
User: drerik
Functions: du
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Gets directory size on sub directories in current dir with human readable size
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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 -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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