[olug] Unix Tip: ANOTHER SORT BY FILE SIZE

Mon Feb 24 19:24:41 UTC 2003

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ANOTHER SORT BY FILE SIZE

To sort certain files in the directory and to show 
the biggest file first, do

 $ du -a | sort -n -r | more 

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