{Find large size directory content which eat space
}
du command -h show unique command is to
human readable size display repetitive
format by the number of output in to single
increase in digit the output.
size name increase from |
from bytes to kilo-bytes |
from kilo-bytes to | |
mega-bytes and so on.| | Redirect error output
|___ pipe | in a given file.
| | \ | |
| | \ | |
# find / -type d -exec du -h {} \; | sort|uniq|sort -h 2> /dev/null
| | | | | |_____| |
|__________________| |___| | | |
| | |_ |____ Place at where
| | \ | there is no end.
find command -type d will To segregate the | Redirect the output
search only directory type list with common | in null device if
file and -exec will run output. | you do not want to
du command as supplied to | store the output.
find command. |
sort command with -h
option will sort lines
by human readable data
size format.
Last updated on 18 February 2025 7:44 am IST