order directory content by size

order directory content by size

# MAC
$ du -sh /directory/to/search/*/ | sort -n -r

# UNIX
$ du -hc --max-depth=1 . | sort -n -r

# du:
# -s, --summarize             Display only a total for each argument.
# -h, --human-readable        Append a size letter such as `M' for megabytes to each size.
#                             Powers of 1024 are used, not 1000; `M' stands for 1,048,576 bytes
#                             Use the `-H' or `--si' option if you prefer powers of 1000.
# -c, --total
#                             Print a grand total of all arguments after all arguments have been
#                             processed.  This can be used to find out the total disk usage of a
#                             given set of files or directories.
# 
# sort:
# -n, --numeric-sort          compare according to string numerical value
# -r, --reverse               reverse the result of comparisons