One line Perl Script to determine the largest file sizes on a Linux Server
du -k | sort -n | perl -ne 'if ( /^(\d+)\s+(.*$)/){$l=log($1+.1);$m=int($l/log(1024)); printf ("%6.1f\t%s\t%25s %s\n",($1/(2**(10*$m))),(("K","M","G","T","P")[$m]),"*"x (1.5*$l),$2);}' | more
This one line Perl script will display the smallest to the largest files sizes in all directories on a server.
4.0 K ** ./bin
4.0 K ** ./.config/gnome-main-menu
4.0 K ** ./.config/.mono/certs/Trust
4.0 K ** ./Desktop
4.0 K ** ./.fvwm
4.0 K ** ./.gconfd
4.0 K ** ./.gnome2/accels
4.0 K ** ./.gnome2/keyrings
4.0 K ** ./.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
4.0 K ** ./.gnome2_private
4.0 K ** ./.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d
4.0 K ** ./.kde/share/config
4.0 K ** ./.mozilla/firefox/9ikhdhm7.default/extensions
4.0 K ** ./netv/netvault/clientpackages
4.0 K ** ./netv/netvault/extrabkl
4.0 K ** ./netv/netvault/extrapackages
4.0 K ** ./.qt
4.0 K ** ./.skel
4.0 K ** ./.wapi
4.0 K ** ./.zenuser.gconf.defaults
4.0 K ** ./.zenuser.gconf.mandatory
8.0 K *** ./.config/.mono/certs
8.0 K *** ./Documents
8.0 K *** ./firefox/firefox/defaults/pref
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/gnome-settings/gnome-panel
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/nautilus/preferences
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/prefs
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/main_menu_screen0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/mixer_screen0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/notification_area_screen0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/show_desktop_button_screen0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/tomboy_screen0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/window_list_screen0/prefs
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/general
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/global
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0/background
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/accessibility/keyboard
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/background
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/host-posadm1/0
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/system/http_proxy
8.0 K *** ./.gconf/system/proxy
8.0 K *** ./.gnome2/share/cursor-fonts
8.0 K *** ./.gnome2/share/fonts
8.0 K *** ./.gnome/gnome-vfs
8.0 K *** ./.kde/share
8.0 K *** ./.nautilus/metafiles
8.0 K *** ./src/.tmp_versions
12.0 K *** ./.config/.mono
12.0 K *** ./firefox/firefox/defaults
12.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/gnome-settings
12.0 K *** ./.gconf/apps/nautilus
12.0 K *** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/accessibility
12.0 K *** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/host-posadm1
12.0 K *** ./.kde
12.0 K *** ./.mozilla/firefox/9ikhdhm7.default/chrome
12.0 K *** ./.nautilus
12.0 K *** ./.thumbnails/fail/gnome-thumbnail-factory
16.0 K **** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0
16.0 K **** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets/window_list_screen0
16.0 K **** ./.gconf/apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel_screen0
16.0 K **** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard
16.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/Chinese/BIG5
16.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/ChineseSimp/GB2312
16.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/Korean/EUC-KR
16.0 K **** ./.thumbnails/fail
20.0 K **** ./firefox/firefox/chrome/icons/default
20.0 K **** ./.gconf/apps/panel/toplevels
20.0 K **** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals
20.0 K **** ./.gconf/system
20.0 K **** ./.gnome2/share
20.0 K **** ./.kbd
20.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/French/ISO-8859-1
20.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/JapaneseEUC/EUC-JP
20.0 K **** ./.thumbnails
24.0 K **** ./firefox/firefox/chrome/icons
24.0 K **** ./firefox/firefox/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
24.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/English
24.0 K **** ./netv/netvault/eula/German/ISO-8859-1
28.0 K ***** ./.config
28.0 K ***** ./firefox/firefox/chrome
28.0 K ***** ./firefox/firefox/extensions
28.0 K ***** ./firefox/firefox/searchplugins
28.0 K ***** ./.gnome
28.0 K ***** ./.gnupg
32.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/Chinese
32.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/ChineseSimp
36.0 K ***** ./.gnome2
40.0 K ***** ./firefox/firefox/icons
40.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/Korean
44.0 K ***** ./.gconf/desktop/gnome
44.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/French
44.0 K ***** ./zlmagent/data/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES
48.0 K ***** ./.gconf/desktop
48.0 K ***** ./.metacity/sessions
48.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/German
48.0 K ***** ./netv/netvault/eula/JapaneseEUC
48.0 K ***** ./.ssh
48.0 K ***** ./zlmagent/data/locale/en_US
52.0 K ***** ./.metacity
52.0 K ***** ./zlmagent/data/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES
56.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/pt_BR
60.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES
60.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES
60.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES
64.0 K ****** ./.mozilla/firefox/9ikhdhm7.default/bookmarkbackups
64.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/de_DE
64.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/es_ES
64.0 K ****** ./zlmagent/data/locale/fr_FR
76.0 K ****** ./.gconf/apps/panel/applets
116.0 K ******* ./.gconf/apps/panel
124.0 K ******* ./zlmagent/readmes
144.0 K ******* ./.gconf/apps
148.0 K ******* ./squid-old
168.0 K ******* ./netv/netvault/serverpackages
168.0 K ******* ./zlmagent/data/configureScripts
184.0 K ******* ./.gstreamer-0.10
216.0 K ******** ./.gconf
232.0 K ******** ./firefox/firefox/components
260.0 K ******** ./zlmagent/data/eulas
272.0 K ******** ./netv/netvault/eula
300.0 K ******** ./zlmagent/data/locale
340.0 K ******** ./.vmware/VMware vCenter Converter Standalone/Logs
348.0 K ******** ./.vmware/VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
352.0 K ******** ./.vmware
624.0 K ********* ./firefox/firefox/dictionaries
1.4 M ********** ./zlmagent/data/packages/runtime-deps/sles-10-i586
1.4 M ********** ./zlmagent/data/packages/runtime-deps
1.6 M *********** ./zlmagent/data/packages/imaging/sles-10-i586
1.6 M *********** ./zlmagent/data/packages/imaging
1.9 M *********** ./src
1.9 M *********** ./.mozilla/firefox/9ikhdhm7.default/Cache
3.4 M ************ ./netv/netvault/packages
3.6 M ************ ./zlmagent/data/packages/sles-10-i586/sles-10-i586
3.6 M ************ ./zlmagent/data/packages/sles-10-i586
5.0 M ************ ./.mozilla/firefox/9ikhdhm7.default
5.0 M ************ ./.mozilla/firefox
5.0 M ************ ./.mozilla
5.9 M ************* ./scripts
14.0 M ************** ./zlmagent/data/packages/mono/sles-10-i586
14.0 M ************** ./zlmagent/data/packages/mono
24.9 M *************** ./netv/netvault
24.9 M *************** ./netv
25.9 M *************** ./zlmagent/data/packages/client/sles-10-i586
25.9 M *************** ./zlmagent/data/packages/client
28.4 M *************** ./firefox/firefox
46.5 M **************** ./zlmagent/data/packages
47.7 M **************** ./zlmagent/data
47.8 M **************** ./zlmagent
57.9 M **************** ./firefox
92.8 M ***************** ./acro
184.5 M ****************** ./servername-backup
437.2 M ******************* .
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