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Asked: 2026-05-27T21:48:14+00:00

How do I find the largest 10 files in a given directory, with Perl

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How do I find the largest 10 files in a given directory, with Perl or Bash?

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  • I need this to be recursive.
  • I only want to see large files, no large directories.
  • I need this to work on Mac OS X 10.6 (‘s version of find).
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  1. Editorial Team

    This prints the 10 largest files recursively from current directory.

    find . -type f -printf "%s %p\n" | sort -nr | awk '{print $2}' | head -10
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