Comments on: Using Sort to List Directories by Size http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size my digital notebook Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Doyle http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-255740 John Doyle Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:41:36 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-255740 Useful command many thanks,saved me some time trying to find directory sizes Useful command many thanks,saved me some time trying to find directory sizes

]]> By: sundar http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-234930 sundar Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:42:53 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-234930 Sort directories by size and print it in human readable format: du -k --max-depth=1 | sort -n | awk '{printf("%dMB\t%-10s\n", int($1 / 1024 + 0.5), $2)}' Sort directories by size and print it in human readable format:

du -k –max-depth=1 | sort -n | awk ‘{printf(“%dMB\t%-10s\n”, int($1 / 1024 + 0.5), $2)}’

]]> By: sandrar http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-234629 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:38:28 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-234629 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: Yo http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-231148 Yo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:18:51 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-231148 Very useful command , thanks for sharing Very useful command , thanks for sharing

]]> By: Jadu Saikia http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-180410 Jadu Saikia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:29:43 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-180410 Sort on size the dirs only $ du --max-depth=1 . | sort -n -r Sort on size the dirs only

$ du –max-depth=1 . | sort -n -r

]]> By: Carl von Buelow http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-167635 Carl von Buelow Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:14:07 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-167635 thanks, i needed that. although i wish there was a way to show the sizes of directories and files in the same list. like why doesn't the ls command have a flag to show recursive directory sizes? (::) thanks, i needed that. although i wish there was a way to show the sizes of directories and files in the same list. like why doesn’t the ls command have a flag to show recursive directory sizes?
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]]> By: AM http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-140432 AM Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:40:39 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-140432 Thank you! This is very, very helpful. Thank you! This is very, very helpful.

]]> By: cliff http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-131249 cliff Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:27:03 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-131249 Good question... This should do it. % du -sk .[a-z]* | sort +0nr Good question… This should do it.

% du -sk .[a-z]* | sort +0nr

]]> By: Slack http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size#comment-131210 Slack Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:45:08 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size/#comment-131210 Useful command, but it doesn't show the size of hidden directories. How could I get it to show them? Useful command, but it doesn’t show the size of hidden directories. How could I get it to show them?

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