[KLUG Members] Fw: [blug-tech] Sort disk listings by size

[Miles Pschigoda]

Quoting komal <agencies_ad1 at sancharnet.in>:


>  
> > This may be a strange one to ask, but here goes:
> > 
> > I need to create a lsit of every file on my hard disk. ls -alR
> will do 
> > that.
> > 
> > However, now I need to sort that list in descending order by
> size, and I 
> > need to know in which directories they are.
> > 
> > i.e., I am trying to locate the largest files on my disk, for
> obvious 
> > reasons.
> > 
> > Anyone have an idea how to do that?
> > 
> > Atul

[google search: http://www.google.com/linux?q=%22find+large+files%22 ]
I found this to be useful:
http://www.netsys.com/suse-linux-e/1999-Dec/2641.html

short version:
# du -x / | sort -nr | head -200 
Will find the 200 largest files on your drive, for a list of *all*
files just drop the "| head -200" part.

-- MilesP