How to check the top six big files in Linux

Top six big files in Linux eating out your space

# du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -6
$ du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -6

12G     ebportal-08092015.dmp
12G     ebportal-06092015.dmp
11G     oracle11204Patch
8.8G    old_temptables.dmp
7.1G    fullexp_Tue.dmp
6.0G    ebportal-07092015.dmp

Explanation of commands and switches.

1. du – Estimate file space usages
2. -hsx – (-h) Human Readable Format, (-s) Summaries Output, (-x) One File Format, skip directories on other file format.
3. sort – Sort text file lines
4. -rh – (-r) Reverse the result of comparison, (-h) for compare human readable format.
5. head – output first n lines of file.