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Sort Directories by Size

Published in: Bash 

URL: http://spiralbound.net/2006/11/27/using-sort-to-list-directories-by-size

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  1. # Display the size of all directories and sort them from largest to smallest. 
  2. du -sk * | sort +0nr
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  4. # Sort them from smallest to largest.
  5. du -sk * | sort +0n
  6.  
  7. # Sort and show the size of hidden directories. 
  8. du -sk .[a-z]* | sort +0nr

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