Unix Directory search

unix

To find the largest 10 files (linux/bash):

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 du -s | sort -n | tail -10 | cut -f2 | xargs -I{} du -sh {}

To find the largest 10 directories:

find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 du -s | sort -n | tail -10 | cut -f2 | xargs -I{} du -sh {}

Alternatively or a quick view:

du | sort -n
lists all directories with the largest last.

du --max-depth=1 * | sort -n
or, again, avoiding the redundant * :

du --max-depth=1 | sort -n
lists all the directories in the current directory with the largest last.