Shell function to find the "pigs", or large directories underneath the current directory, or a directory of your choice

pigfind.sh

function pigfind {
    if [ "x$1" != "x" ]; then
        FIND_PATH="$1"
    else
        FIND_PATH="."
    fi
    find $FIND_PATH -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec du -sh '{}' \; 2>/dev/null \
        | sort -h
} # get the sizes of the subdirectories of $PWD, sort from smallest to largest