List all files in current dir and subdirs sorted by size

find . -ls | sort -k 7 -n

for those without the tree command.

Sample Output

50879336        0 -rw-r--r--    1 d332027  staff           0 13 May  2010 ./android-sdk-mac_86/docs/assets-sdk/placeholder
50883450        0 -rw-r--r--    1 d332027  staff           0 13 May  2010 ./android-sdk-mac_86/docs/googleb38c1d60b7ba5d19.html
50885421        0 -rw-r--r--    1 d332027  staff           0 13 May  2010 ./android-sdk-mac_86/platforms/android-7/data/service_actions.txt
...

73811131  1527672 -rw-r--r--    1 d332027  staff    782166182 16 Mar 16:58 ./PlaneShift-v0.5.8.exe
73799979  1806344 -rw-r--r--    1 d332027  staff    924846080 16 Mar 12:34 ./PlaneShift-v0.5.8.dmg

By: silicontrip

2012-05-14 22:35:47

find sort size ls tree directory

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List all files in current dir and subdirs sorted by size

or tree -ifsF --noreport .|sort -n -k2|grep -v '/$' (rows presenting directory names become hidden)
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

tree -ifs --noreport .|sort -n -k2

knoppix5 · 2012-05-04 09:18:39 7
List all files in current dir and subdirs sorted by size

This doesn't require any non-standard programs.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

find . -printf "%s %p\n" | sort -n

ClashTheBunny · 2012-05-17 11:39:26 4

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