Quick Tip: Linux File Management
Below are a few quick commands for managing file in Linux:
- Display a count of the number of files in a directory
ls -f /dir1/subdir1/subdir2 | wc -l
- Delete all files in a directory older than 30 days
find /dir1/subdir1/subdir2 -name "*.*" -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} - Find the largest 5 directories on the system
du -hs * | sort -rh | head -5
- Find the 5 largest files on the system
find -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 5 - Find the 5 largest files in a directory
find /home/tecmint/Downloads/ -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 5
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