Find Large Files & Directories in UNIX & Linux

• Find Large Files over 5000K in Specific Directory

# find /usr/sap -size +5000k
/usr/sap/log/defaultTrace.0.trc
/usr/sap/log/defaultTrace.1.trc

Note:
/usr/sap = Directory
+5000k = Size

Change to the respective directory to confirm the files size is +5000k.

# cd /usr/sap/log
-rw-r--r--   1 sapsys 10487628 Jan 27 12:20 defaultTrace.0.trc
-rw-r--r--   1 sapsys 10488947 Jan 27 12:41 defaultTrace.1.trc

• Find Large Files in Specific Size

# find /usr/sap -size +5000k -size -6000k

Note:
Size between +5000k and -6000k

• Find Directory Size

# du -h /usr/sap/log
382M    /usr/log/archive
246M    /usr/sap/log/tmp

Note:
/usr/sap/log = Directory

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