How to sort files by size in Linux
Linux how to sort files by size, I believe that many inexperienced people do not know what to do, so this paper summarizes the causes of the problem and solutions, through this article I hope you can solve this problem.
Use sort to sort
[root@vps ~] # ll | grep'^ [^ d]'| sort-n
-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 4 19:21 ipp.txt
-rw- 1 root root 232 Aug 4 19:23 openvpn-status.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2095419 Jul 27 14:57 nagios-plugins-1.4.15.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3215350 Mar 9 11:49 nagios-3.2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626042 Apr 30 2008 lzo-2.03.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 669076 Mar 17 2009 openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6697 Aug 2 00:39 1.tar.gz
Total 6500
[root@vps ~] # ll-h | grep'^ [^ d]'| sort-n
-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 4 19:21 ipp.txt
-rw- 1 root root 232 Aug 4 19:23 openvpn-status.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.0M Jul 27 14:57 nagios-plugins-1.4.15.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.1m Mar 9 11:49 nagios-3.2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612K Apr 30 2008 lzo-2.03.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 654K Mar 17 2009 openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6K Aug 2 00:39 1.tar.gz
Total 6.4M
Summary: using sort to sort numbers is a big mistake!
For example:
[root@vps ~] # cat .txt
one
two
ten
nineteen
[root@vps ~] # sort .txt
one
ten
nineteen
two
[root@vps ~] #
Sort will only rank the first character!
Second, directly use the ls parameter
[root@vps ~] # ll-S | grep'^ [^ d]'
Total 10000
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3565833 Aug 5 10:07 httpd-2.2.16.tar.gz.filepart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3215350 Mar 9 11:49 nagios-3.2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2095419 Jul 27 14:57 nagios-plugins-1.4.15.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 669076 Mar 17 2009 openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626042 Apr 30 2008 lzo-2.03.tar.gz
[root@vps ~] # ll-Sh
[root@vps] # ll-Srh-these two are the most commonly used
3. Sort by time
[root@vps ~] # ll-rt
Total 6500
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626042 Apr 30 2008 lzo-2.03.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 669076 Mar 17 2009 openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3215350 Mar 9 11:49 nagios-3.2.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2095419 Jul 27 14:57 nagios-plugins-1.4.15.tar.gz
Drwxrwxrwx 13 1000 users 4096 Aug 1 02:30 lzo-2.03
Drwxrwxrwx 16 root root 4096 Aug 2 00:28 openvpn-2.0.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6697 Aug 2 00:39 1.tar.gz
Drwxrwxrwx 16 nagios root 4096 Aug 3 20:26 nagios-plugins-1.4.15
Drwxrwxr-x 15 nagios nagios 4096 Aug 3 21:08 nagios-3.2.1
-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 4 19:21 ipp.txt
-rw- 1 root root 232 Aug 4 19:26 openvpn-status.log
[root@vps ~] #
Note: usage of ls in solaris: ls-1RaAdCxmnlhogrtuvVcpFbqisfHLeE@ [file], no-S option
Sort by file size
Ls-l | sort-n + 4-5
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