March 2025posted on 03.15.2025List the files with the most disk usage du -h [DIRECTORY] | sort -hr | head -n 10 The du command returns the estimated disk usage used. -h: Show sizes in human readable format (eg. 2K, 1G). Use sort to organise the output: -h: Sort by human readable numbers (eg. 2K, 1G). -r: Reverse the output (so it is in descending order). Show the top 10 items using head: -[NUMBER]: Number of lines to output (Default is 10). No reactions yet
List the files with the most disk usage
The
ducommand returns the estimated disk usage used.-h: Show sizes in human readable format (eg. 2K, 1G).Use
sortto organise the output:-h: Sort by human readable numbers (eg. 2K, 1G).-r: Reverse the output (so it is in descending order).Show the top 10 items using
head:-[NUMBER]: Number of lines to output (Default is 10).