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Locate big files on macOS #mdfind #find #bigfiles
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$ mdfind 'kMDItemFSSize > 200000000' | sed 's| |\\ |g' | xargs du -sch
#                             ^
#                         ~ 200MiB
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Reference: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/227920/137909

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find / -size +200000000c

to see file details

`
find / -size +200000000c -exec ls -lah {} ;

Read the man page.
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datt commented Aug 26, 2020

This helps you locate the folders with big size.

sudo du -sh *  | grep -E "\dG" # here G means in GB, You can also use `M` for MB

You can start from root i.e /, just cd / and run above command.

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