{"id":2966,"date":"2020-04-01T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T08:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=2966"},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T10:39:23","slug":"find-and-list-files-bigger-or-smaller-than-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/find-and-list-files-bigger-or-smaller-than-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find and List Files Bigger or Smaller Than Specific Size in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This tutorial will explore a list of helpful disk space usage command lines in Linux, with examples of use for each command line.<\/p>\n

How to find and list files bigger than 100mb in Linux<\/h3>\n

If you wish to find all files over 100M and to see where they are located and what is their size:<\/p>\n

find <\/span>.<\/span> -<\/span>type f <\/span>-<\/span>size <\/span>+<\/span>100M<\/span> -<\/span>exec ls <\/span>-<\/span>lh <\/span>{}<\/span> \\;<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
I searched files over 100MB in my public_html directory in my below example.<\/p>\n
[chemiccl@rs-syd public_html]$ find . -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \\;<\/span>\r\n\r\n-rw-r--r-- 1 chemiccl chemiccl 126M Apr\u00a0 <\/span>1 17:23 .\/screemcast.mov<\/span><\/pre>\n
Command-line and each parameter are explained here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
You can use size switch for other formats, such as<\/p>\n