[NTLUG:Discuss] quiest way to find out largest file in the disk (use command line) ?

[David Stanaway]

When I was looking for some perl-tk examples, I came across this:


http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=92&lngWId=6


It sure beats recursive du -hs (Although, that is what I use when I have
an unidentified disk hog , UDH).




On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 08:05, David Camm wrote:
> i quick way is to go to a directory (say /usr) then do `du -bc|more` and you'll 
> see the size of each sub-directory. check out the man page for du .... there may 
> be more useful options for you.
> 
> david camm
> 
> m m wrote:
> > suddently, my disk went to 97% usage. (only 3% free space)
> > 
> > Is there any way to list top 10 lagest files in the same disk?
> > 
> > if not, how about in the same directory (includes sub-directories), say 
> > /usr or /var ?
> > 
> > use console/command line only [no X-windows available :( ]
> > 
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