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Unix command to find the top 10 files and folders recursively inside a Unix folder
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| # These commands will ONLY work if you are using GNU 'du', 'find' and 'sort' commands | |
| # Top 10 files by recursively diving inside the current folder (skip .git and .svn folders) | |
| find . -type d \( -iregex ".*git" -o -iregex ".*svn" \) -prune -o -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 10 | |
| # Top 10 files by recursively diving inside the current folder (without skipping any folders) | |
| find . -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 10 | |
| # Top 10 directories by recursively diving inside the current folder (skip .git and .svn folders) | |
| du -Sh --exclude=".git" --exclude=".svn" | sort -rh | head -n 10 | |
| # Top 10 directories by recursively diving inside the current folder (without skipping any folders) | |
| du -Sh | sort -rh | head -n 10 |
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