From ilug-admin@linux.ie Wed Aug 28 10:49:36 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE4B44155 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:48:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:48:43 +0100 (IST) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (root@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7S9M7Z17908 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:22:07 +0100 Received: from lugh (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA14199; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:21:10 +0100 Received: from corvil.com. (k100-159.bas1.dbn.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.100.159]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA14163 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:21:00 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lugh.tuatha.org: Host k100-159.bas1.dbn.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.100.159] claimed to be corvil.com. Received: from corvil.com (pixelbeat.local.corvil.com [172.18.1.170]) by corvil.com. (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7S9Kxn4053202; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:20:59 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from padraig.brady@corvil.com) Message-Id: <3D6C95E3.4000308@corvil.com> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:20:35 +0100 From: Padraig Brady Organization: Corvil Networks User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020408 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Inn Share Cc: ilug@linux.ie Subject: Re: [ILUG] find the biggest file References: <20020827193152.56961.qmail@web13705.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie Inn Share wrote: > Hi,all: > > Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my > root directory?or the second biggest ..etc... > > Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my > root all most full. > > The system is Solaris 8 Sparc. > > Thanks !!! I think everybody has their own version of this, but in case it's useful.. (only tested on Linux): find $* \( -type f -o -type l \) -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -print0 | xargs -r0 du -b --max-depth 0 | sort -k1n | grep -v "^0" Pádraig. -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie