Hi Jason, Jason McIntyre wrote on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 04:26:42PM +0000:
> i don;t think it would be such a bad thing for du to have an example or > two, so i'm ok with this. > > so sth like: > > Display a summary of files and folders in the current directory, > sorted by size: > > $ blah That wording seems very nice to me, see below for a patch. I also included .??* because having large hidden directories around and desperately searching for the waste of disk space elsewhere seems like a common trap to me. > - i guess if you have a lot of stuff it makes sense to have the biggest > files displayed at the end of the list. but generally wouldn;t you > want your biggest files listed first? we could add -r to sort. Actually, i consider it more versatile without the -r. You are right, it really matters for directories with lots of entries. But even with few entries, what's wrong with having the most relevant entries closest to the subsequent shell prompt? Everything is visible on the screen in that case either way. Feel free to commit something like this (with or without the .??*, with ot without the -r) based on OK schwarze@, or send an OK to me. Yours, Ingo Index: du.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/du/du.1,v retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.35 du.1 --- du.1 2 Sep 2019 21:18:41 -0000 1.35 +++ du.1 29 Jan 2020 16:40:13 -0000 @@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std du +.Sh EXAMPLES +Display a summary of files and folders in the current directory, +sorted by size: +.Pp +.Dl du -sh * .??* | sort -h .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr df 1 , .Xr fts_open 3 ,
