Find largest files

Shell

3 days ago

List the largest files in a directory with optional limits.

du

filesystem

find

head

Function

largest-files-function.sh

largest_files() {
  local search_dir="${1:-.}"
  local num_results="${2:-10}"
  echo "Searching in: $search_dir for the top $num_results files..."
  /usr/bin/find "$search_dir" -type f -exec /usr/bin/du -ah {} + 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/sort -rh | /usr/bin/head -n "$num_results"
}

Example

largest-files-example.sh

# Defaults search to pwd with 10 results. Can be modified by passing in args.

# Example usage
# largest_files ~/Library 5