In summary, if you wanted to see how to show the largest files under a directory on MacOS, Unix, and Linux systems, I hope this is helpful. I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. Their solution was very close, but just needed a minor change or two to work on MacOS. Note: I was pointed towards this solution by this page.
In that command, head -30 prints the first 30 results, but then the tail command shows only the last 10 files, which displays files 21-30 in the end. To show files 21-30 you can add in the tail command, like this:ĭu -a * | sort -r -n | head -30 | tail -10 Opening different image files opens up different apps on my Mac and, as the kids say, 'ffs' - I just want to know the image dimensions. Getting information from the shell instead of opening an app, finding a file or directory, etc.what a novel concept. To show the first 20 files/directories you’d use this command: The command line is a gold mine if you come from the perspective of a UI lover. Users/Al/Music> du -a * | sort -r -n | head -10Ĩ049464 iTunes/iTunes Music/Unknown ArtistĦ101880 iTunes/iTunes Music/Unknown Artist/Unknown Album Variations of that `du` commandĪs mentioned, that command shows how to display the largest 10 files and folders under the current OS X directory. In the Music folder on my Mac the command and output look like this: After that, head -10 shows only the first ten lines of output. The Unix/Linux command that worked for me on my MacOS system is this:ĭu is the disk usage command, and the -a flag says, “Display an entry for each file in a file hierarchy.” Then I use the sort command to sort the du output numerically and in reverse. A du/sort command to show the largest files under a directory on Mac OS X Solution: Use the Unix du (disk usage) command, and sort its output. MacOS FAQ: From the command line, how do I show the largest files under a directory on macOS (and Linux/Unix systems).
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