{"id":2373,"date":"2023-01-28T10:12:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T04:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:45:23","slug":"linux-find-largest-file-in-directory-recursively-using-find-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/linux-find-largest-file-in-directory-recursively-using-find-du\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux find largest file in directory recursively using find\/du"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the <code>find<\/code> command in combination with the <code>du<\/code> command to recursively search a directory and find the largest file. The following command will search the current directory and its subdirectories, and display the largest file in human-readable format:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">find . -<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">type<\/span> f -<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">exec<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">du<\/span> -Sh {} + | <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sort<\/span> -rh | <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">head<\/span> -n 1<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This command will start with the current directory (indicated by the &#8220;.&#8221;), search for all files (indicated by -type f), execute the du command on each file with the -Sh option (to show the size in human-readable format), sort the results in reverse order (indicated by -r) and by size (indicated by -h), and display the top result using head -n 1.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can use the following command using <code>du<\/code> command alone:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">du<\/span> -ah --max-depth=1 | <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sort<\/span> -hr | <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">head<\/span> -n 1<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This command will search the current directory and its subdirectories, and display the largest file in human-readable format. 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