From ilug-admin@linux.ie Wed Aug 28 10:48:39 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 E75534415C for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:47:47 -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 10:47:47 +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 g7S6ntZ13755 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:49:55 +0100 Received: from lugh (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA06566; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:49:03 +0100 Received: from mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA06529 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:48:55 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lugh.tuatha.org: Host smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25] claimed to be mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr Received: from mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.69) by mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D6246E80033535F for ilug@linux.ie; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:48:24 +0200 Received: from bolsh.wanadoo.fr (80.8.224.71) by mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D49FFB7009AA6CF for ilug@linux.ie; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:48:24 +0200 Received: from dave by bolsh.wanadoo.fr with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 17jwiB-0003OJ-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:53:55 +0200 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:53:55 +0200 From: David Neary To: ilug@linux.ie Subject: Re: [ILUG] find the biggest file Message-Id: <20020828085355.A12976@wanadoo.fr> References: <20020827193152.56961.qmail@web13705.mail.yahoo.com> <20020827203602.G17908@prodigy.Redbrick.DCU.IE> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020827203602.G17908@prodigy.Redbrick.DCU.IE> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i 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 Philip Reynolds wrote: > Inn Share's [shareinnn@yahoo.com] 22 lines of wisdom included: > > > > 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. > > $ find /dir -name \* | xargs du -s | sort -n > > Smallest files are listed first with the largest at the end. So if > you want to get the 5 largest files, pipe through tail. Adding -r to the sort options, and piping through head instead, might be a better idea. tail needs to read teh whole buffer, head only reads the first n lines. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary, Marseille, France E-Mail: bolsh@gimp.org -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie