Command to find largest file.

paragkalra · 11-17-2009, 04:07 AM

Hi All,

Is there a direct Linux command to find the largest file by checking recursively in all the directories.

Guttorm · 11-17-2009, 04:21 AM

I don't know of a direct command, but you can combine commands to do it:

find -type f -printf '%s %p\n' |sort -n |tail -n 1

EricTRA · 11-17-2009, 04:36 AM

Hi,

As far as I know there is no direct command but this combination also works:

Code:

find / -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} \;

This one looks for files larger than 20Mb appr. and outputs them in a human readable format.

Kind regards,

Eric