More Sorting: Finding the Largest File and the Process using the Most Memory
To find the largest file in your harddrive use this command: ls -l | sort +4n
To find process using the most memory use this command: ps -aux | sort +4n
They both works like a charm.
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My favorite pipe for dealing with hunting down large data filling up my disk is:
sudo du -sk * | sort -n | tee du.txt
oops sorry, should have looked at the previous hint!
I wanted to put all three tips on the same post but I clicked the sent button too soon. Thanks for the tip.