Linux Find Large Files / Find Files with File Size

How do I find out all large files in a directory?

There is no single command that can be used to list all large files. But, with the help of find command and shell pipes, you can easily list all large files.

Linux List All Large Files with condition of file size

To finds all files over 10,000 KB (10 MB+) in size and display their names, along with size, use following syntax:

Syntax for RedHat / CentOS / Fedora Linux

find {/path/to/directory/} -type f -size +{size-in-kb}k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

Search or find big files Linux (50MB) in current directory, enter:

find . -type f -size +10000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

Search in my /home directory:

find /home -type f -size +100000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

Syntax for Debian / Ubuntu Linux

find {/path/to/directory} -type f -size +{file-size-in-kb}k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'

Search in current directory:

find . -type f -size +100000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'

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