On 30 October 2013 11:42, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote:

> I love Linux.
>
>
> Just like
>     du -a | sort -n
> except that lists all files and sorts by size.
>
>
Related, many don't realise there's a parameter `-h` to sort, that doesn't
provide help, but instead, sorts by human number forms. ( This feature of
sort is not present on older sorts, or bsd sorts )

du -ah | sort -h

Output now shows scale units, and is still sorted by size correctly.

-- 
Kent
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