Re: df -h listing
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 01:46:10PM +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> 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
I think you missed someting? like the -n flag? If you do a normal sort,
its alphabetic. With -n, it is done numeric.
-K
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