Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 05:30:48 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem filling up, how do I locate the large files? Message-ID: <15222.23256.445602.238142@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <106282575@toto.iv>
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Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> types: > 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... How about the du and sort man pages? The options are all documented there, which should be enough to figure out what you want. Hint: you want the size of all files on /usr and not other file systems mounted on /usr, sorted numerically, and probably largest values first. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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