---
title: find large files
date: 2012-03-14
subtitle: find large files under current mount point
keywords: [unix, linux, shell]
---

a small script to find large files under current mount point, useful in
linux, probably works in bsd and generic unixes:

	#!/bin/bash
	#20091201:dmarsh:find large files under current mount point
	#20100413:dmarsh:changed echo cmd to print -u2 so message goes to stderr
	set -e
	set -u
	cmd="/usr/bin/find . -type f -size +1048576c -exec /usr/bin/du -sk {} \; 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/sort -n"
	print -u2 ${cmd}
	eval ${cmd}