List biggest files (Not Directories)

tonydaniels1980 · #1 03-15-2012

Hello, can you please help me writing a command that would output the biggest files on my system from biggest to smallest? I want this to print only the files, not the directories.

I have tried

Code:

du -a ~ | sort -nr | head -10

Corona688 · #2 03-15-2012

Code:

du -a |
while read SIZE LINE
do
        [ -d "$LINE" ] || echo $SIZE "$LINE"
done | sort -rn | head

tonydaniels1980 · #3 03-15-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corona688

Code:

du -a |
while read SIZE LINE
do
        [ -d "$LINE" ] || echo $SIZE "$LINE"
done | sort -rn | head

Thank you for the reply. However, when I run it on "tcsh" shell, i get the following error: Invalid null command.

Any ideas?

Corona688 · #4 03-15-2012

Try it in a POSIX shell, your system certainly has one. Perhaps /bin/sh or /usr/bin/sh. tcsh is missing several of the constructs I'm using here, among many other problems.

CSH programming considered harmful

tonydaniels1980 · #5 03-15-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corona688

Try it in a POSIX shell.

I cant, I only have access to a tcsh/csh

Corona688 · #6 03-15-2012

Any UNIX system has a Bourne shell somewhere, it's a non-optional feature, and not something they can easily deny people access to. What system are you using?

tonydaniels1980 · #7 03-15-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corona688

Any UNIX system has a Bourne shell somewhere, it's a non-optional feature. What system are you using?

I am not even sure, I am really new to unix.

Can you provide any other alternatives?

ls?
find?

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