how to find out big file in current directory/ and recently updated file

[AA786]

how to find out big file in current directory/ and recently updated file in HP UX

[Piergiacomo Perini]

Hi arun786,
with
ll|sort -k5,5nr|pg
the largest files will be at the top.

With
touch /testfile
find -type f -newer /testfile -exec ls -l {} \;

you can get recently updated file.

hth
regards
pg

[RAC_1]

ls -ltr /dir|sort -nk5

Applies to files only.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

To print the name of the most recently modified file in the current directory:

# ls -t|awk 'NR==1 {print $NF}'

To print the largest file in the current directory:

# ls -l|sort -krn5|awk 'NR==1 {print $NF}'

Regards!

...JRF...

[AA786]

Thanks .... 1 more

how to (find out big file in current directory/ and recently updated file) in current subdirectory also

Aarun

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

Actually, to be correct, we should make sure that we select only files and not subdirectories. It's possible, for instance, that a directory's size might be larger than any of the files in the current directory. You also wanted to see all the attributes of the file found. Hence:

# ls -lt|grep '^-'|awk 'NR==1 {print}'

# ls -l|grep '^-'|sort -krn5|awk 'NR==1 {print}'

Also, as a new member, welcome. Please read:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

Regards!

...JRF...

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
probably best if you read this thread and the answers to your same question in Linux forum at:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1102434

To search subdirectories as well use the suggested find solutions.

Further info can be found via:
man find
man ls

[AA786]

thanks every thing works fine

arun

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi,
using only this command is possbile to select the last updated files,inluding subdir, bigger then 10000 bytes (in this case, but you can chnage this value as you prefer).

ll -trR|awk 'NF==9&&$5>10000'

ll -trR = list files in ricursive way ordering by date in reverse mode (newer first)

NF==9&&$5>10000' = list only files (lines with 9 fileds) and with size (filed5) greater than 10000

HTH,
Art