To locate and display the names of files that exceed a specified size, use the find command.
$ find directory -size +nnn |
directory |
Identifies the directory you want to search. |
-size +nnn |
Is a number of 512-byte blocks. Files that exceed this size are listed. |
The following example shows how to find files larger than 400 blocks in the current working directory.
$ find . -size +400 -print ./Howto/howto.doc ./Howto/howto.doc.backup ./Howto/howtotest.doc ./Routine/routineBackupconcepts.doc ./Routine/routineIntro.doc ./Routine/routineTroublefsck.doc ./.record ./Mail/pagination ./Config/configPrintadmin.doc ./Config/configPrintsetup.doc ./Config/configMailappx.doc ./Config/configMailconcepts.doc ./snapshot.rs |