Sorting Files Size in UNIX/Linux using sort Command

This is one of my favorite commands. You can sort files size in a directory in a descending order. Just type below command and get the result. Awesome!

# du -kh * | sort -n
0       kill.sap
0       last_update_wdispadmin.txt
0       logsave.bin
0       sapstart.sem
0       shutdown.sap
1.2M    admin
2.9M    dev_icm_sec_5
4.0K    available.log
4.0K    dev_icmbnd
4.0K    dev_sapstart
4.0K    dev_sldregs
4.0K    INSTSTAT
4.0K    sapstart0.trc
4.0K    sapstart.log
4.0K    sapstartsrv.log
4.0K    sapstartsrv.old
4.0K    stderr0
4.0K    stdout0
4.5M    dev_icm_sec_4
8.0K    admin/public/images/cmenu
12K     admin/public/images/treeview
12K     admin/publicincl
12K     sapstartsrv_sld.xml
14M     dev_webdisp
17M     dev_icm_sec
17M     dev_icm_sec_1
20K     admin/public/js
20M     dev_icm_sec_6
30M     dev_icm_sec_3
31M     dev_icm_sec_7
44K     admin/public/icons
44K     admin/publicicp
60K     admin/public/images/hbrowser
64K     admin/public/images/tableview
110M    dev_icm_sec_2
224K    admin/public/images
308K    dev_icm_sec_13
396K    admin/icp
428K    admin/public/css
512K    dev_icm_sec_10
512K    dev_icm_sec_11
512K    dev_icm_sec_12
512K    dev_icm_sec_9
748K    admin/public
888K    dev_icm_sec_8
940K    dev_webdisp.old

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