On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 01:37:25PM -0500, Raymond Norton wrote:
> I have a drive that has filled up to 98%. I have removed all known log
> files and quarantined messages from MailScanner, etc.., but the drive
> still shows it is near capacity. Is there a tool or command I can use to
> find folders or files that are taking up the space?
> 

Here's the command that I use to find the biggest 100 files on a
file system.


find / -mount -size +100 -exec /bin/ls -sd {} \; | sort -nr | head -100 > /tmp/big

You could probably whip something similar up for directories by
adding df into the mix.

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