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ducks: linux command for the 10 largest files in current directory
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| du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11 | |
| # Usually set this up in my bash profile as an alias: | |
| # alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11' | |
| # Because it is fun to type ducks on the command line. :) |
Suddenly wondering why this has got attention when I posted it in 2014. Weird.
@georgedorn Yeah guess it’s just never come up. 🤷🏼♂️
I saw it linked on Mastodon.
I saw it linked on Mastodon.
Hah! Neat.
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@mcguirepr89 this fails on folders with spaces in the name.
@thebouv I'd use
du -cksxif there are any symlinks or sshfs mounts into large networked filesystem, like a NAS...