The "ls" file/directory listing tool doesn't have built-in support for sorting files according to file size. But by piping the output to "sort", this can be done, e.g.
ls -al | sort +4n
Will sort by size from the smallest file to the largest. The following will display files from largest to smallest:
ls -al | sort +4nr
2 comments:
well I'm running RH5 and your sort command doesn't work for me:
Firstly, when I ls in long format, my file size is column 5, not 4.
Secondly, when I paste your command to my console, system responds:
sort: open failed: +4n: No such file or directory
However, if I use the -k option and use column 5, I can sort files by size. This works for me :
ls -l | sort -k5n
It seems that sort is different on different Linux platforms.
For OpenSUSE 11.1,
...|sort +4n...
does the trick for me, however on Ubuntu 8.10,
...|sort -k4n...
is the right choice.
Cheers,
Lx
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