Sizes

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ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:/etc$ date && du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h
Mon Jul 20 00:04:45 UTC 2020
18M     /var/log/datadog
42M     /var/log/kern.log
216M    /var/log/syslog
277M    /var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:/etc$  date && du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h
Mon Jul 20 00:30:26 UTC 2020
22M     /var/log/datadog
46M     /var/log/kern.log
253M    /var/log/syslog
392M    /var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:/var/log$ date && du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h
Mon Jul 20 00:40:25 UTC 2020
14M     /var/log/datadog
48M     /var/log/kern.log
267M    /var/log/syslog
434M    /var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:~$ date; du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h | tail -5
Mon Jul 20 02:32:27 UTC 2020
21M	/var/log/datadog
66M	/var/log/kern.log
435M	/var/log/syslog
810M	/var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:~$ date; du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h | tail -5
Mon Jul 20 02:45:09 UTC 2020
620K	/var/log/dpkg.log
23M	/var/log/datadog
68M	/var/log/kern.log
454M	/var/log/syslog
770M	/var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:/var/log$ date; du -h -s /var/log/* | sort  -h | tail -5
Mon Jul 20 02:57:14 UTC 2020
620K	/var/log/dpkg.log
24M	/var/log/datadog
70M	/var/log/kern.log
471M	/var/log/syslog
802M	/var/log/journal

ubuntu@ip-10-128-36-250:/var/log$ date && du -h -s  /var/log/* | sort -h | tail -5
Mon Jul 20 16:06:24 UTC 2020
620K    /var/log/dpkg.log
36M     /var/log/datadog
209M    /var/log/kern.log
762M    /var/log/journal
1.6G    /var/log/syslog