Quick Answer: How to Find Large Files in Linux?

Linux find largest file in directory recursively using find

• Open the terminal application.
• Login as root user using the sudo -i command.
• Type du -a /dir/ | sort -n -r. | head -n 20.
• du will estimate file space usage.
• sort will sort out the output of du command.
• head will only show top 20 largest file in /dir/

How can I tell which files are taking up space Linux?

Find Largest Directories in Linux

1. du command: Estimate file space usage.
2. a : Displays all files and folders.
3. sort command : Sort lines of text files.
4. -n : Compare according to string numerical value.
5. -r : Reverse the result of comparisons.
6. head : Output the first part of files.
7. -n : Print the first ‘n’ lines.

How do I find the top 10 largest files in Linux?

How to find out top 10 files and directories on Linux or Unix

• du command : Estimate file space usage.
• sort command : Sort lines of text files or given input data.
• head command : Output the first part of files i.e. to display first 10 largest file.
• find command : Search file.