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# 8  
Old 03-13-2016
Thanks for your help, i run those commands with a slight difference but i hat to cancel it since it was taking more than 4 hours and it never finished.

Code:
find /dcs/data08 -type d |
  while read dname
  do
    du -s $dname
  done | sort -n

Furthermore it was in the top list using the top command

is there a faster way to do the same ?

Thanks for your help in advanced
Last edited by Don Cragun; 03-13-2016 at 10:27 PM.. Reason: Fix CODE tags.
# 9  
Old 03-13-2016
I would guess that you want something more like:
Code:
du -s /dcs/data/08/*/ | sort -rn

It will still be high on the list of output from top while it is running, but at least it will just be processing the directories located in /dcs/data/08 instead of every directory in the file hierarchy rooted in /dcs/data/08. And, it will be invoking du once instead of once for each directory in that file hierarchy.
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# 10  
Old 03-14-2016
Yes, du is recursive, and in combination with the recursive find there are lots of repeated du runs.
Give other processes priority over du:
Code:
nice du -s /dcs/data/08/*/ | sort -n

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