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Re: df -h listing



On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 13:24 +0200, roberto 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 ?

You can achieve this by sorting the output produced by df/du like this:

	"df -h|sort -k2"

The "-k2" tells sort to sort by the second column. If you want it sorted
in reverse order add the "-r" option.

Hope that answers your question

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Wolodja Wentland

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