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<p>Created page with &quot; find /home -xdev -size +500k -ls &gt; piggies -- &lt;pre&gt; find /path/to/directory -type f -exec du -hs {} \;| sort -rh | head -n 1 du -sh * | sort -rh | head -5 ls -lSh /bin | he...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div> find /home -xdev -size +500k -ls &gt; piggies<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> find /path/to/directory -type f -exec du -hs {} \;| sort -rh | head -n 1<br /> du -sh * | sort -rh | head -5<br /> ls -lSh /bin | head -5<br /> find ./ -type f -exec du -sh {} \; |sort -h|tail -5<br /> du -ah /home | sort -h -r | head -n 5<br /> find $directory -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n | tail -n 5<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> ref: https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/find-largest-files-and-directories-in-linux</div>

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