listing directory contents by size

[Dave Walley_1]

Hi .

I have had a request to display the contents of a directory in size order, I
have user ll|sort +column number but what this does is sometimes it displays
rogue files in the listing. Has anyone out there got a command that will
display the listing in size order faithfully each time.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

dave

[Paul Heffels_1]

Hi Dave, have you tried "du" yet?

[Alan Riggs_1]

I've never had a problem with
ll | sort -n +4|grep -v total

[Thomas Smith_8]

My favorite is "du -s *|sort -rn|more"