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To: Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net>
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Subject: Re: Filesystem filling up, how do I locate the large files?
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Joey Garcia wrote:

>
> Okay, I hope the subject made sense.  Basically, my /usr is filing up and
> I wanted to located the large files or larger directories that are filling
> up the partition.  I read somehwere in some FAQ or something that the
> command is something like this: du (some options) | sort (some more
> options) but I'm not sure exactly about what options to use.  I have a
> feeling that I read this somwhere on one of the documentation found at
> freebsd.org but I just can't seem to find it again.  Any pointers to that
> doucmentation would be awesome.  I know I read it somewhere...

Hi Joey,

You probably saw it on the mailing lists. I think the command you're
looking for is:

du -h /usr |sort -rn

Cheers,

Dru


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