Here’s how to sort files by size in Linux.
Standard;
ls -lhS
Reverse;
ls -lhSr
Options used;
-l -> print long listing
-h -> print human readable sizes
-S -> sort by file size
-r -> reverse order
Output;
[root@kmon01 log]# ls -lhS<br /> total 70M<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36M Mar 31 11:28 messages<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 11:25 cron<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 04:02 maillog<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3.8M Mar 31 11:17 wtmp<br /> -r-------- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 31 11:17 lastlog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4M Mar 31 11:13 boot.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68K Mar 25 04:04 prelink.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K May 25 2007 scrollkeeper.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54K Mar 31 04:02 rpmpkgs<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51K Dec 24 2007 xferlog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38K May 25 2007 anaconda.syslog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36K Jun 11 2007 Xorg.0.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Feb 2 10:34 dmesg<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K May 25 2007 anaconda.log
[root@kmon01 log]# ls -lhrS<br /> total 70M<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 25 2007 spooler<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 25 14:38 secure<br /> -rwx------ 1 postgres postgres 0 May 25 2007 pgsql<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 24 2007 mcelog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23 Feb 2 10:35 snmpd.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 715 Sep 1 2009 yum.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 2.0K Dec 8 2008 mysqld.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.1K Feb 2 10:35 acpid<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.7K Mar 22 11:46 btmp<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 31 11:21 httpd<br /> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 10 2006 gdm<br /> drwxr-x--- 2 exim exim 4.0K Sep 9 2005 exim<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K May 25 2007 scrollkeeper.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68K Mar 25 04:04 prelink.log<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4M Mar 31 11:13 boot.log<br /> -r-------- 1 root root 2.6M Mar 31 11:17 lastlog<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 3.8M Mar 31 11:17 wtmp<br /> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 04:02 maillog<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Mar 31 11:25 cron<br /> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36M Mar 31 11:29 messages<br />