SCO UnixWare 7/OpenUNIX 8/OpenServer 6 FAQ: How do I find the largest files?

Useful Shell Commands :
How do I find the largest files?

To find the largest files, in units of bytes, one can use 'find,' 'ls,' 'awk,' 'sort,' and 'less':

      find / -type f -exec ls -l {} + | awk '{ print $5 "\t" $9 }' \
      | sort -nr | less

To find the largest files, in units of kilobytes:

      find / -type f -exec ls -l {} + | awk '{ print int($5/1024) "\t" $9 }' \
      | sort -nr | less

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