filesize

[orbiton]

Hi
I will like to find files that are above 1000mb on my system then append the file names into a folder for later vewing.

Is it possible to get a script for this job?

Thank you,

 

[KenCunningham]

Hi. No particular need for a script as such. Something like:

find / -size +2048 > bigfiles.txt

should give you files over 1Gb in size in bigfiles.txt.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[orbiton]

Thank you, how about if i want to know sizes from 50mb upwards or 100mb

 

[KenCunningham]

man find, paying particular attention to the -size option.

-size n[c]
True if the file is n blocks long (512 bytes per block). If n is followed by a c, the size is in bytes.

So really it's just a matter deciding what size you want to search for (a + sign indicates anything over the value).

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[orbiton]

Thanks Ken

I need to have the file size and file name in the bigfiles.txt, at the moment am only getting the file names when I do find / -size +50 > bigfiles.txt..

When I try find / -size +50 | ls -als|awk '{print $9,$5)' > bigfiles.txt it's not working

 

[KenCunningham]

Perhaps:

find / -size +50 -exec ls -la {} \; | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -f9,5 -d' ' > bigfiles.txt

I want to be good, is that not enough?