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ducks: linux command for the 10 largest files in current directory
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ducks.sh
du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11
# Usually set this up in my bash profile as an alias:
# alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn | head -11'
# Because it is fun to type ducks on the command line. :)
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thebouv commented Jan 23, 2023

Suddenly wondering why this has got attention when I posted it in 2014. Weird.

@georgedorn Yeah guess it’s just never come up. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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I saw it linked on Mastodon.

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thebouv commented Jan 23, 2023

I saw it linked on Mastodon.

Hah! Neat.

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