[NTLUG:Discuss] command help

[Wayne Walker]

du -ak some/dir | sort -n > /tmp/du-ak.sorted

tail -100 /tmp/du-ak.sorted

or

du -akx / | sort -n > /tmp/du-ak.sorted

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 06:48:08PM +0000, m m wrote:
> All:
> 
> Thanks  for the input. I still have the question.
> 
> Those suggestions are good but can not find (list)  the files as expected 
> if the current directory contain no files. Also you will get error if you 
> use this
> ls -l | sort -n +4
> the error message is:
> sort: open failed: +4: No such file or directory
> (try the command in a directory which contains only directories and has no 
> any files)
> 
> I guess I like the know the command the can find the biggest files in the 
> entire box not just the in the current directory.
> 
> I have tried
> 
> cd to /
> ls -lSR | head -6
> 
> or
> 
> ls -lR / | head -6
> 
> All I get is the folder list. (but I was looking for the biggest first 6 
> files)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Wayne Walker <wwalker at bybent.com>
> >Reply-To: Wayne Walker <wwalker at bybent.com>,NTLUG Discussion List 
> ><Discuss at ntlug.org>
> >To: NTLUG Discussion List <Discuss at ntlug.org>
> >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] command help
> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:39:18 -0500
> >
> >Brian is right.  I offered something like:
> >
> >Linux:
> >ls -lSr
> >
> >Portable:
> >ls -l | sort -n +4
> >
> >I've spent so long on Linux exclusively that my examples are probably
> >full of things that only work on Linux.
> >
> >On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 04:25:41PM -0500, Brian Koontz wrote:
> >> Just keep in mind that not all options presented here will work on all
> >> *nix platforms.  ls, especially, is widely variant between *nix
> >> flavors.  Personally, I prefer pipes that use basic commands over
> >> esoteric options.
> >>
> >>   --Brian
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 05:37:02PM +0000, m m wrote:
> >> > > what is the command to list (and ordered) first 20 biggest size file 
> >in any
> >> > > directory?
> >>
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