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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4393- March 22, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4393- March 22, 2025
 
FINDING THE LARGEST FILE  
  
Did you ever fill up a  
filesystem and want to know  
what large files are consuming  
the space.   This will sort  
the largest files, top to  
bottom.  
  
find /var -mount -ls -xdev | /usr/bin/sort -nr +6 | more  
  
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