hi,

Can anyone tell me how I make a tree on the console showing the largest folders on my UNIX system?

I want to know where are located the biggest files so I can free some disk space.

thanks a lot.

What I like to do is cd to the top directory in the filesystem that is too full. And then I do:
du -sk * | sort -n
The last few lines are the most interesting. It is not a tree, but a tree would be too much info.

How about using:
du -sk * | sort -nr | head -10

Then the first few lines will be the most interesting --GRIN--

I've tried stuff like that, but too often I go back and do the du again because I didn't see enough. My way, when I go back to the window I am probably looking at what I want to see. If not, I just scroll down. A "du -sk" is an expensive operation and I don't think it's wise to discard most of the data. We have some very large file systems. A "du -sk *" can take 10 minutes. No record, I know. But I'm bummed out if I need to repeat it. I also frequently have users breathing down my neck demanding immediate free space..

Of course, if I was getting paid by the hour, that would be whole 'nother stretch of road.