[NTLUG:Discuss] command help

[Rusty Haddock]

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)

You said you wanted to find the largest files in a directory.  What is
the -R option doing there?  That recurses down into the subdirectories
and then starts sorting on the files in each directory it finds.

	-Rusty-
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