Comments on: How to Sort files and folders by size http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html Ubuntu Linux Tutorials,Howtos,Tips & News | Oneiric,Natty,Maverick Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: faif http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-118937 faif Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:20:12 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-118937 Since the previous solution works only on files (ls reports the default block size for directories), here's a second (slower) solution that works on mixed (directories and files) lists: du -s ~/* | sort -rn | awk '{print $2}' | xargs du -sh Since the previous solution works only on files (ls reports the default block size for directories), here’s a second (slower) solution that works on mixed (directories and files) lists:

du -s ~/* | sort -rn | awk ‘{print $2}’ | xargs du -sh

]]> By: faif http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-118870 faif Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:13:06 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-118870 To get a sorted human-readable output of the file size and name you can use: ls -lSh *.ogg | awk '{print $6 "\t" $9}' To get a sorted human-readable output of the file size and name you can use:

ls -lSh *.ogg | awk ‘{print $6 “\t” $9}’

]]> By: TankerKevo http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-114690 TankerKevo Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:11:31 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-114690 ls -lrSh Same deal as Travis but larger files sorted to the bottom of the list. ls -lrSh

Same deal as Travis but larger files sorted to the bottom of the list.

]]> By: Travis Williams http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-105602 Travis Williams Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:11:55 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-105602 ls -lSh works for me. ls -lSh works for me.

]]> By: Angelos http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-40847 Angelos Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:27:15 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-40847 du -h | sort -n #works fine for me du -h | sort -n #works fine for me

]]> By: Just Another Perl Hacker http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-6192 Just Another Perl Hacker Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:34:56 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-6192 BTW, I forgot... for those of you who prefer gui interaction, there's always something like "kfind" and "gnome-find" too. Ah... so many ways to slice the onion! BTW, I forgot… for those of you who prefer gui interaction, there’s always something like “kfind” and “gnome-find” too. Ah… so many ways to slice the onion!

]]> By: Just Another Perl Hacker http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-6191 Just Another Perl Hacker Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:26:40 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-6191 Along the lines of Eli Crffield's post (but showing everything underneath, instead of just the pwd) how about: du -ab | sort -n Along the lines of Eli Crffield’s post (but showing everything underneath, instead of just the pwd) how about:

du -ab | sort -n

]]> By: ahvargas http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-2034 ahvargas Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:43:43 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-2034 Also you can try this: ls -Slh|cut -c32-36,52- Also you can try this:
ls -Slh|cut -c32-36,52-

]]> By: ahvargas http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-2033 ahvargas Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:47:04 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-2033 You can do this to: for i in `du -s * |sort -n |cut -f2`; do du -h $i; done You can do this to:
for i in `du -s * |sort -n |cut -f2`; do du -h $i; done

]]> By: Eli Criffield http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html/comment-page-1#comment-2032 Eli Criffield Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:05:37 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-sort-files-and-folders-by-size.html#comment-2032 This is i think the first thing someone showed me my first day on the job as a unix admin may years ago. $ du -s * |sort -n with gnu du you can add -m to get the output in megs. ( du -sh * is nice too but won't sort) $ du -sm * |sort -n Many Many hours of a Unix admins life is spent doing du -s * |sort -n then cd to the last directory and repeat .... If your looking for what filled up your filesystem that wasn't full an hour ago you can also whip together a big find command to find all files over say 100 megs that where modified in the last hour. Eli Criffield This is i think the first thing someone showed me my first day on the job as a unix admin may years ago.

$ du -s * |sort -n

with gnu du you can add -m to get the output in megs. ( du -sh * is nice too but won’t sort)

$ du -sm * |sort -n

Many Many hours of a Unix admins life is spent doing du -s * |sort -n then cd to the last directory and repeat ….

If your looking for what filled up your filesystem that wasn’t full an hour ago you can also whip together a big find command to find all files over say 100 megs that where modified in the last hour.

Eli Criffield

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