I don't have access to a FreeBSD system, but I found this thread that
mentions the du threshold option.

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2010-February/030581.html

Like Padraig mentioned, the -t option is more like the --size option
proposed before, where + means --min-size, and - means --max-size. What
about implementing the -t option like that just for the sake of BSD
compatibility, but also implement the --max-size and --min-size options for
the sake of better readability?

liulk

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Bernhard Voelker
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On 01/17/2013 03:58 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > I Just noticed another option from BSD:
> >
> > -t threshold
> >       Display only entries for which size exceeds threshold.  If
> >       threshold is negative, display only entries for which size is
> >       less than the absolute value of threshold.
> >
> > I slightly prefer --min-size and --max-size,
> > though not at the expense of losing the opportunity
> > to increase compat between these tools.
> >
> > I suppose we could rename --size to --threshold too.
>
> It seems there are many ways - like always. ;-)
>
> I think --min-size/--max-size has a functional plus over one
> single new option. But increasing compatibility to BSD is tempting.
>
> If I'd be asked to decide between --size and --threshold then
> the latter is the winner: a) BSD compat, b) the abbreviation
> of the option better fits into the already existing ones,
> see --size vs. --si, while --th is (currently) fine.
>
> I'll change the patch towards --threshold then. WDYT?
>
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
>

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