find files/directories with big size

[kaancho12]

hi,
is there a way to list all the files/directories that take up huge space in the whole drive???
i tried using "ls -l |sort +4n" to find files/directories with big size in my linux machine but it only showed the files in the current directory...
i also tried using "ls -lR | sort +4n" but it brought up too many files than i could go through.
I am using fedora core 2.
thanks ko12

 

[kaancho12]

never mind ...i found the directory with the big size and took care of it
ko12

 

[Kozusnik]

For future reference the du command works well.

Mark

 

[clonny2]

If you know the minimum size you are looking for you can use this

find / -size +1024 (the + means min, a - will say max, and no +/- means exact 1024k.)