ducks.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Show the 20 largest files in a directory

# Borrowed from http://oreilly.com/pub/h/15

#set -x
set -euo pipefail

# du options
# -x      File system mount points are not traversed.
# .[^.]*  Include dotfiles, exclude '.' & '..'. Note that '--exclude' is not supported on a Mac
# $*      Allow extra grep options, like '-n'

# Summarize disk space usage into a local file called .ducks
#nongnu# du -cks -x $* .[^.]* * | sort -n > .ducks ; tail .ducks
du -chs -x $* .[^.]* * | sort -h > .ducks ; tail .ducks