you can also do # ls -lS|head -n 10
On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:00, Rommell Barcela wrote: > On Tuesday 03 December 2002 11:00 am, Jun Tanamal wrote: > > What command line to sort out the first 10 largest file in a directory? > > a couple of minutes after doing "man ls" & "man grep"... > > ls -lS | grep -m 10 [r,-] > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Lito A. Lampitoc : http://www.codewan.com.ph Systems/Network Administrator : CountryWide Wide Area Network, Inc. As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. - Benjamin Franklin _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
