How to find largest file in the subdirectories?

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Wit the following command I can find largest directory.

find <directory> -printf '%s %p\n' |sort -nr | head

But is there a way to find largest file within all the subdirectories in directory ?

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 18 '12 at 15:48

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Specify -type f for file:

find -type f -printf '%s %p\n' |sort -nr | head

edited Jan 18 '12 at 15:48

Tomas

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answered Jan 18 '12 at 15:44

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 15:50

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With the command you just gave, you get the largest file. If you want to summarize the size for each file recursively for directories you may want to use the `du' command.

answered Jan 18 '12 at 15:50

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du -xak .|sort -n|tail -50 – PJ Brunet Oct 27 '13 at 01:00

How to find largest file in the subdirectories?

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