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By: Bob/Paul

Bob/Paul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:05:26 +0000

No. Sometimes -h is better than a static unit for everything. I’d probably use your alternative on Solaris or FreeBSD or somewhere else without a recent GNU sort.

By: Ashish Jaiswal

Ashish Jaiswal — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:08:55 +0000

I have these sort of issue at my office

So I normally go for this command.. Normal Scenario is that the var is one is getting filled all the time

cd /var/log/
# du -csh * | grep “M” |sort -rn

This will list all the directory which is higher in space, If you are dealing with very high data, then you can grep it with “G” also.

If you want to which specific file is one, then you can go for this command :

# du -csh */* | grep “M” |sort -rn
Cheers

By: /usr/local/dick

/usr/local/dick — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:24:48 +0000

Very easy – but not what we want.
Since you did not read the title of this page (located at the top, as usual), I will repeat it here at the bottom:

“Linux – disk usage (du) human readable AND sorted by size”

By: Astral

Astral — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:07:16 +0000

Guys c’mon, no way need to go this complex. Simplicity is key.

du -k /home | sort -n

Sorts directory numerical order, using KB (-k). Want order in MB use -m instead.

Now isn’t that much easier?

By: Bob/Paul

Bob/Paul — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:45:46 +0000

du -h * | sort -h

from man sort:
-h, –human-numeric-sort
compare human readable numbers (e.g., 2K 1G)

$ sort –version
sort (GNU coreutils) 8.5
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Upgrade your sort utility to one that supports the –human-numeric-sort option

By: Support

Support — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:23:47 +0000

Please be sure to replace the “fancy quotes” around the ‘\n’ when you copy and paste this command into terminal or it won’t execute properly. Also, the command lists the results in descending order using the -r flag on sort, a plus in my opinion.

du -sk * | sort -nr | cut -f2 | xargs -d ‘\n’du -sh $1

By: Andres Van Treek

Andres Van Treek — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:02:09 +0000

@Dan Schaefer

In some systems, we have to replace double quotes by simple quotes
like this

du -sk * | sort -nr | cut -f2 | xargs -d ‘\n’ du -sh $1

By: Jane W

Jane W — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:28:01 +0000

Some distributions set up cron jobs that warn you when disk usage exceeds a certain percentage. But when your usage gets flagged as high, it’s deciding what goes and what stays that takes time. Finding the right file or folder to get rid of can be a chore if you have a huge disk. But don’t panic. Among all that clutter, you’ve got some simple tools to bring order to chaos.

The CLI way

The df utility displays the disk space usage on all mounted filesystems. The -T option prints the filesystem type as well. By default, df measures the size in 1K blocks, which could be a little difficult for a desktop user to decipher. Use the -h option to get more understandable output:
Memory

cat /proc/meminfo = memory usage information
free = how much memory is currently unused
Disk space

df = disk usage for all partitions
du -h = disk usage for the current directory and all sub-directories

Thai Green Curry

By: Dan Schaefer

Dan Schaefer — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:40:56 +0000

I modified Dwayne’s code to be space-friendly. Let me know if something doesn’t work.
du -sk * | sort -nr | cut -f2 | xargs -d “\n” du -sh $1