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What is the linux command to find large files/directories?

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Frank B Posted

What is the linux command to find large files/directories?

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Danilo Cimburovic

To  find   big  files  and  directories   you have  to use  3  commands is  1  line   >du < >sort<  and  >head<

 

du : Estimate file space usage

sort : Sort lines of text files or given input data

head : Output the first part of files i.e. to display first 10 largest file

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