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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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du --max-depth=1 -h * |sort -h -k 1 |egrep '(M|G)\s'

TerDale · 2013-02-14 08:56:56 7
(DEBIAN-BASED DISTROS) Find total installed size of packages given a search term

Replace \-dev with whatever you wanna search for
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dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | grep "\-dev" | sort -n | awk '{ sum+=$1} END {print sum/1024 "MB"}'

threv · 2013-02-15 20:29:18 5
Which files/dirs waste my disk space

I added -S to du so that you don't include /foo/bar/baz.iso in /foo, and change sorts -n to -h so that it can properly sort the human readable sizes.
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du -Sh | sort -h | tail

pdxdoughnut · 2013-11-27 17:50:11 8
Find files and calculate size of result in shell

Find files and calculate size with stat of result in shell
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find . -name "pattern" -exec stat -c%s {} \; | awk '{total += $1} END {print total}'

Koobiac · 2014-01-15 11:07:09 20

BIGGEST Files in a Directory

Find biggest files in a directory Show Sample Output

find . -printf '%.5m %10M %#9u %-9g %TY-%Tm-%Td+%Tr [%Y] %s %p\n'|sort -nrk8|head

AskApache · 2014-12-10 23:48:20 10

list files recursively by size
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stat -c'%s %n' **/* | sort -n

ysangkok · 2015-08-25 18:23:55 58
Compute the average number of KB per file for each dir

Shorter version using --tag
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parallel --tag echo '$(du -s {} | awk "{print \$1}") / $(find {} | wc -l)' \| bc -l ::: *

IndustrialJoe · 2018-07-05 18:33:21 429
How to Find the Block Size

Useful to know, especially if you are dealing with output configurations in block size. Tested on 'Red Hat'.
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/sbin/dumpe2fs /dev/hda2 | grep 'Block size'

rez0r · 2009-05-15 22:23:21 4
Which files/dirs waste my disk space

Useful for analyzing disk usage. If you prefer GUI try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filelight or http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab/ Show Sample Output
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```
snd:~/trunk$ du -aB1m|awk '$1 >= 100'
130     ./webdev-tools
178     ./videos/peepcode-027-emacs.mov
102     ./videos/LispCast/Reddit Clone Episode 8 -- Continuations.flv
182     ./videos/LispCast/Reddit Clone Episode 3.flv
879     ./videos/LispCast
1010    ./videos
2138    .
```
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du -aB1m|awk '$1 >= 100'

karatatar · 2009-08-01 20:16:33 4
Find all files <10MB and sum up their size

files
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i=0; for f in $(find ./ -size -10M -exec stat -c %s {} \; ); do i=$(($i + $f)); done; echo $i

dakira · 2010-01-08 15:47:35 4
Show directory sizes, refreshing every 2s

This command shows the size of directories below here, refreshing every 2s. It will also track directories created after running the command (that what the find bit does). Show Sample Output
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```
Every 2s: find -type d -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 |xargs du -csh                     Wed May 19 14:11:09 2010

4.9M    ./centos44
7.2M    ./centos52
7.8M    ./centos53
20K     ./pxelinux.cfg
5.6M    ./rhel47
7.2M    ./rhel52
110M    ./srcd032
142M    total
```
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watch 'find -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d |xargs du -csh'

shadycraig · 2010-05-19 13:13:57 7
find all file larger than 500M

you can change the size :)
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find / -type f -size +548576 -printf "%s:%h%f\n"

sdblepas · 2010-11-09 07:11:13 6
Which files/dirs waste my disk space
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du -h / | grep -w "[0-9]*G"

pashutinsky · 2011-07-23 19:02:11 5
Show size of in MB of the current directory.

Shows the size of the directory the command is ran in. The size is in MB and GB. There is no need to type the path, its the current working directory. Show Sample Output
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```
235M	/home/user/files1
```
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du -sh `pwd`

djkee · 2011-10-30 08:47:23 4
File size
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stat --format "%s" <file>

totti · 2011-11-12 15:41:09 5
File size
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stat -c "%s" <file>

makidoko · 2011-11-12 18:34:07 4

List all files in current dir and subdirs sorted by size

for those without the tree command. Show Sample Output

find . -ls | sort -k 7 -n

silicontrip · 2012-05-14 22:35:47 5

List all files in current dir and subdirs sorted by size

This doesn't require any non-standard programs.
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find . -printf "%s %p\n" | sort -n

ClashTheBunny · 2012-05-17 11:39:26 4
Sort files by size

ls -al gives all files, sort +4n sorts by 5th field numerically
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ls -al | sort +4n

ankush108 · 2012-06-26 19:20:05 18
Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.
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ls -a | du --max-depth=1 -h 2>/dev/null |sort -h

majar · 2013-02-13 12:28:47 7
Display sorted, human readable list of file and folders sizes in your current working directory
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du -had 1 | sort -h

unixmonkey44446 · 2013-05-13 11:07:48 7
List your largest installed packages.
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dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Status}\t${Package}\n' | sort -n | grep installed

falcald · 2013-09-29 15:12:03 8
Find Duplicate Files (based on size first, then MD5 hash)

* Find all file sizes and file names from the current directory down (replace "." with a target directory as needed). * sort the file sizes in numeric order * List only the duplicated file sizes * drop the file sizes so there are simply a list of files (retain order) * calculate md5sums on all of the files * replace the first instance of two spaces (md5sum output) with a \0 * drop the unique md5sums so only duplicate files remain listed * Use AWK to aggregate identical files on one line. * Remove the blank line from the beginning (This was done more efficiently by putting another "IF" into the AWK command, but then the whole line exceeded the 255 char limit). >>>> Each output line contains the md5sum and then all of the files that have that identical md5sum. All fields are \0 delimited. All records are \n delimited.
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find . -type f -not -empty -printf "%-25s%p\n"|sort -n|uniq -D -w25|cut -b26-|xargs -d"\n" -n1 md5sum|sed "s/ /\x0/"|uniq -D -w32|awk -F"\0" 'BEGIN{l="";}{if(l!=$1||l==""){printf "\n%s\0",$1}printf "\0%s",$2;l=$1}END{printf "\n"}'|sed "/^$/d"

alafrosty · 2013-10-22 13:34:19 8
Which files/dirs waste my disk space

Shows the 10 biggest files/dirs
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du -ah | sort -h | tail

jedifu · 2013-11-26 12:56:58 14
Total size in RPM packages

It is not the installed size in files, but the size of RPM packages. Show Sample Output
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```
Total size in packages = 14.5 GB
```
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rpm -qa --queryformat '%{SIZE}\n' | awk '{sum += $1} END {printf("Total size in packages = %4.1f GB\n", sum/1024**3)}'

skytux · 2013-12-14 20:22:41 11
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