xargs / FS-maintenance question

[Terry Tanski]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Scott Elcomb wrote:

> > I'd like to locate files that are hogging a bunch of space on one of my
> > systems.  Based on some previous posts here, I'm thinking that I could
> > probably use find and xargs to handle the task quickly.
> > 
> > Any pointers for working with xargs would be most appreciated - I'm
> > finding the man page a little confusing.

Try:

find / -size +5000k -ls

where the +5000k will find files which exceed 5MB (5000KB) in size. The 
-ls will show you a long listing with the specific size for each found.

Terry

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