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Author:  graysky [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:56 am ]
Post subject:  tip to find large files on your fs
To find all files on your FS that are larger 10 megs or larger, type the following at root:
Code:
# find / -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \;


If you want to use a larger number like say 30 megs, substitute 30720000 in to the expression.

If the list to too extensive for your shell window, you can dump the results to a text file you can browse with your favorite text editor like so:

Code:
find / -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \; > output


Now just nano or vim output. If you'd rather use cat, then cat it:

Code:
cat output | more


You get the idea! Credit for this goes to Tavvi Rammar. Just wanted to share...

For newbies to LINUX, a related program is called df which you can use to show you disk usage like so:
Code:
$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1             4.6G  2.3G  2.1G  53% /
/dev/hda3              69G  4.7G   60G  7% /myth
tmpfs                 505M  4.0K  505M  1% /dev/shm
Author:  datobin1 [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:10 am ]
Post subject: 
Very handy, Thanks for posting it.
Author:  jmckeown2 [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:06 am ]
Post subject: 
very nice...
if I could suggest:
Code:
find / -size +10240000c -exec du -h {} \; 2>/dev/null | tee output

The "2>/dev/null" suppresses all the errors non-root users get, eg. "Cannot read lost+found" etc.
The "tee" command creates your output file AND scrolls on screen so you don't have to sit drummng your fingers while waiting for the find to complete. (pipe tee, like a plumbing tee, get it? Boy, those early UNIX guys were funny.)
Author:  graysky [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:57 pm ]
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@jmc - good suggestion :)
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