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From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
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Subject: Re: how do I find big pig files?
In-Reply-To: <199708010902.JAA29863@chaski.com> from michael dorin at "Aug 1, 97 09:01:59 am"
To: mike@chaski.com (michael dorin)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:51:07 -0400 (EDT)
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Use the du program (man du). It's EXTREMELY helpful together with xdu,
which displays the output very comprehensively, and esp. with the 
"n" option (press n after entering xdu) you can detect space problems
fast. also man find, for searching for files larger than xxx bytes or
whatever.


> 
> How can I find big pig files on a filesystem?
> 
> My /var filesystem is filling up fast, and I can't seem to locate
> where the space is going.
> 
> Help!
> 
> -Mike
>