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largest size directory in unix
I want to find the which directory under a directory occupy the maximum size is there is any command to find please help
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Some pointers: check man pages for df and sort. You should be able to figure it out then.
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Try du and sort.
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Try du and sort.
Oops.. df and du... really sorry for the mixup!
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Oops.. df and du... really sorry for the mixup!
what unix are you using?

check bdf for hp-ux
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I use SunOS and HP-UX. I said that I mixed up with df and du: the OP wants to find the directory with the largest size and the code for that is
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du -sk *|sort -nr
I mistakenly told the OP to check man pages for df and sort, while I should have asked the OP to check man pages for du and sort.
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