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ls command
Name: woojin yu Date: March 24, 2001 at 09:04:29 Pacific
Comment:
how do you list files in decreasing order of file size? there has to be an option in ls, right?
Name: DMR Date: March 25, 2001 at 02:21:46 Pacific
Reply:
Try "ls -S"; that should list files starting with the largest first.
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Response Number 2
Name: WolfieK Date: March 26, 2001 at 06:20:08 Pacific
Reply:
hi woojin yu,
"ls -S" is not supported on all unix platforms. use "ls -al | sort -a -k5" instead, where "k5" is the fifth column of "ls -al", the column which contaiŽns the filesize (on most derivatives)
greet$ Wolfie
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Response Number 3
Name: WolfieK Date: March 27, 2001 at 04:51:55 Pacific
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