Re: scan large files

[Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>]

Paul J. Keenan [paul.keenan@motorola.com] wrote:
> Shao Zhang wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> >         How can I use 'find' together with other shell tools to scan the
> >         directory and print the filename if it is over a certain size.
> > 
> >         Thanks.
> > 
> > Shao.
> 
> The only other shell tool you need is man :)

	This will only find files with the exactly or rounded same size.
	It does not give me the option to specify to print out files
	OVER a certain size.

Shao.

> 
> >From find(1)
> 
>        -size n[bckw]
>               File uses n units of space.  The units are 512-byte
>               blocks by default or if `b' follows n, bytes if `c'
>               follows  n,  kilobytes  if `k' follows n, or 2-byte
>               words if `w' follows n.  The size  does  not  count
>               indirect blocks, but it does count blocks in sparse
>               files that are not actually allocated.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Paul
> 

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