How to list all files ordered by size

tux_tina

I would like to list all files in the order of big to small in size and the files could be present anywhere in a certain folder.

Originally asked by Joe on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Good Linux question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Simply use something like: ls -lS /path/to/folder/ Capital S . This will sort files by size. Also see: man ls -S sort by file size If you want to sort in reverse order, just add -r switch. Update: To exclude directories (and provided none of the file names or symlink targets contain newline characters): ls -lS | grep -v '^d' Update 2: I see now how it still shows symbolic links, which could be folders. Symbolic links always start with a letter l, as in link. Change the command to filter for a - . This should only leave regular files: ls -lS | grep '^-' On my system this only shows regular...

Full answer by delh: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/53738 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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