how do i search file, check size, and tar at the same time

[redhotchilibanana]

Hi!

Im a new bash shell user and im just wondering how i could see all my files in different directories and get only the 20 biggest .txt files and tar it. Im trying to pipe in ls, awk, head, and tar commands but still i dont get the correct result. please help me on this! it will be greatly appreciated.


redhotchilibanana

 

[danielhozac]

[tt]find . -type f -name '*.txt' -exec ls -l '{}' ';' | gawk '{ printf &quot;%s %s\n&quot;, $5, $NF }' | sort -n -r | gawk 'NR <= 20 { print $2 }' > largest-files
tar -cf filename.tar --files-from=largest-files[/tt]
should do it.

//Daniel

 

[redhotchilibanana]

Thanks man! you're such a life saver!! can't do it without you!!!

redhotchilibanana