On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 01:46:10PM +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 13:24 +0200, roberto wrote: > > hello > > i use the "df -h" or "du -h"command to check how much disk space is > > occupied by files and directories > > > > but is it possible to sort the output list in an order such that the > > first (or conversely the last) item is the largest in size ? > > You can achieve this by sorting the output produced by df/du like this: > > "df -h|sort -k2" > > The "-k2" tells sort to sort by the second column. If you want it sorted > in reverse order add the "-r" option. > > Hope that answers your question I think you missed someting? like the -n flag? If you do a normal sort, its alphabetic. With -n, it is done numeric. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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