Comments on: Tip: How to sort folders by size with one command line in Linux http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/ The Journal Of A Linux Sysadmin Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tip: How to sort folders by size with one command line in Linux « Arian's Bloghttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-193880 Tip: How to sort folders by size with one command line in Linux « Arian's Blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:24:54 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-193880 [...] From: http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/ [...] [...] From: http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/ [...]

]]> By: Edohttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-193665 Edo Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:26:53 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-193665 To catch the hidden files?ls -A | while read x; do du -s "$x"; done | sort -nr To catch the hidden files?

ls -A | while read x; do du -s “$x”; done | sort -nr

]]> By: minhttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-193525 min Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:36:51 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-193525 du -sh /home/user du -sh /home/user

]]> By: samliihttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-192989 samlii Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:05:12 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-192989 the summarize has been around forever and is the same as the -s in some of the earlier comments.The human readable sort I don't know when it was added but it made my life easier for a while now.Obligatory line I use: du -hs * | sort -hr | head the summarize has been around forever and is the same as the -s in some of the earlier comments.

The human readable sort I don’t know when it was added but it made my life easier for a while now.

Obligatory line I use: du -hs * | sort -hr | head

]]> By: David Sveningssonhttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-192317 David Sveningsson Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:27:50 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-192317 <code>du -h --summarize * | sort -h</code>I do not know when coreutils added --summarize, but it displays the total size for the target. sort also has a -h flag to sort "human readable numbers" e.g. 1.4G.I know this is quite an old post but I think people should learn about the new flags. du -h --summarize * | sort -h

I do not know when coreutils added –summarize, but it displays the total size for the target. sort also has a -h flag to sort “human readable numbers” e.g. 1.4G.

I know this is quite an old post but I think people should learn about the new flags.

]]> By: shreyashttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-192185 shreyas Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:22:48 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-192185 du -H --max-depth=1 /home/usersimple n best command to sort size wise. thks for the help du -H –max-depth=1 /home/user

simple n best command to sort size wise. thks for the help

]]> By: sdaauhttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-181879 sdaau Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:49:08 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-181879 Just a rewrite with code tag - pre seems to get sanitized<code> du -b -x –max-depth=1 / 2>/dev/null | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo "scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024" | bc) KB – ${arr[1]} ; done </code> Just a rewrite with code tag – pre seems to get sanitized


du -b -x –max-depth=1 / 2>/dev/null | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo "scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024" | bc) KB – ${arr[1]} ; done

]]> By: sdaauhttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-181878 sdaau Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:45:38 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-181878 Sorry, seems <b>du</b> needs <b>-b</b> to specify sizes in bytes for the above to be correct, so here is another attempt - this time also in pre tags :)du -b -x --max-depth=1 / 2>/dev/null | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo "scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024" | bc) KB – ${arr[1]} ; done Sorry, seems du needs -b to specify sizes in bytes for the above to be correct, so here is another attempt – this time also in pre tags :)

du -b -x –max-depth=1 / 2>/dev/null | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo “scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024″ | bc) KB – ${arr[1]} ; done

]]> By: sdaauhttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-181876 sdaau Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:06:49 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-181876 Hi, just wanted to include my version of what I read here - it uses sort on raw bytes, and then uses bc (could be wcalc too) to calculate KB for display:du --max-depth=1 /usr | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo "scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024" | bc) KB - ${arr[1]} ; Hi, just wanted to include my version of what I read here – it uses sort on raw bytes, and then uses bc (could be wcalc too) to calculate KB for display:

du –max-depth=1 /usr | sort -n -r | while read line ; do arr=($line) ; echo $(echo “scale=4; ${arr[0]}/1024″ | bc) KB – ${arr[1]} ;

]]> By: Davehttp://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/comment-page-2/#comment-181746 Dave Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:36:40 +0000 http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/14/tip-how-to-sort-folders-by-size-with-one-command-line-in-linux/#comment-181746 Fab, that's a joke right? You gotta be kidding. Fab, that’s a joke right? You gotta be kidding.

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