On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:24:35 +0200 roberto <roberto03@gmail.com> wrote: > hello > i use the "df -h" or "du -h"command to check how much disk space is > occupied by files and directories > > but is it possible to sort the output list in an order such that the > first (or conversely the last) item is the largest in size ? If you drop the -h you could easiely use sort. df | sort -k 2 See man sort