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# 1  
Old 08-14-2010
list largest files
hi all,

i want to list the five largest files in current directory ...

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# 2  
Old 08-14-2010
Code:
ls -lS|head -6

You need -6 as there will be a total line from ls. You could always 'grep -v total' if you don't want to see it.

The -S option causes ls to sort by the file size from largest to smallest.
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Old 08-15-2010
Code:
find . -prune -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5

# 4  
Old 08-15-2010
Code:
find  -maxdepth 1  -printf 'File Name: "%5f" ----> %6s \n' | sort -k5rn | head -5

 
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