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01-30-2017, 11:54 AM
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Registered: Jun 2014
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find largest file recursively with human readable format size.
Hi,
Am able to find largest file size from a directory recursively using a find command.
Here i want to print the size in human readable format(K,M,G).
May i know, how it is possible
root@station3[22:14]/etc:find -type f -printf "%s\t%p\n" | sort -n | tail -1
6060612 ./udev/hwdb.bin
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01-30-2017, 12:16 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arun natarajan
Hi,
Am able to find largest file size from a directory recursively using a find command. Here i want to print the size in human readable format(K,M,G).
May i know, how it is possible
root@station3[22:14]/etc:find -type f -printf "%s\t%p\n" | sort -n | tail -1
6060612 ./udev/hwdb.bin
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As has been suggested to you numerous times in the past, have you tried reading the man page on the find command??? Pay particular attention to the "-size" flag. And read the "Question Guidelines" link and the "How to ask a smart question" link in my posting signature. We're happy to help you, but YOU need to start doing basic research on your own first, and start applying what you've been told/taught.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-30-2017, 01:00 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
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man ls
search for "human"
the find is a bit "chatty", if you have a threshold for "largest" it
merely become eaiser, IMO.
Last edited by Habitual; 01-30-2017 at 01:03 PM.
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02-01-2017, 12:21 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2015
Distribution: Linux Mint
Posts: 634
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Just use ncdu
find is great for a lot of stuff, but for "find[ing the] largest file recursively with human readable format size".. ncdu wins hands down.
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