Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:06:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Filesystem filling up, how do I locate the large files? Message-ID: <20010811170448.J17199-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010811131914.J14507-100000@localhost>
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Joey Garcia wrote: > > Okay, I hope the subject made sense. Basically, my /usr is filing up and > I wanted to located the large files or larger directories that are filling > up the partition. I read somehwere in some FAQ or something that the > command is something like this: du (some options) | sort (some more > options) but I'm not sure exactly about what options to use. I have a > feeling that I read this somwhere on one of the documentation found at > freebsd.org but I just can't seem to find it again. Any pointers to that > doucmentation would be awesome. I know I read it somewhere... Hi Joey, You probably saw it on the mailing lists. I think the command you're looking for is: du -h /usr |sort -rn Cheers, Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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