List files bigger than filesize specified

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How can I make ls (or any other command) list only files bigger than a specific file size?

Drew Noakes · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 02:12:16Z

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Use find and its -size flag.

To find files larger than 100MB:

find . -type f -size +100M

If you want the current dir only:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -size +100M

Drew Noakes

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answered Jan 15, 2011 at 15:11

Nifle

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If you need to pass the size in bytes, use find . -type f -size +4096c (superuser.com/a/204571/111289)
– ᴍᴇʜᴏᴠ
Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 9:19
just to extend the answer: to get the number of files bigger than specified, pipe it to word count find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -size +100M | wc
– B.Kocis
Commented Nov 9, 2020 at 12:55

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Ofir Zvik · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-21 17:30:55Z

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If you wish to see all files over 100M and to see where they are and what is their size try this:

find . -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \;

answered May 21, 2014 at 17:30

Ofir Zvik

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I think it would be easier to use printf parameter -printf "%p %s". See: unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?find
– Nux
Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 13:53
@Nux: nice tip. -printf '%9s %p\n' worked well for me.
– seanf
Commented May 29, 2015 at 5:40
Building on this answer: find /var/lib/docker/containers -name "*-json.log" -type f -size +100M -exec /bin/cp -f /dev/null {} \;
– Richard
Commented Feb 12, 2020 at 20:09
@Nux The problem with using %s is that while the size it prints is machine parsable, it's not human-readable, whereas ls -lh shows a human readable size.
– Asclepius
Commented Nov 19, 2020 at 21:28

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Farhan Ahmed · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-28 07:36:03Z

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Use the following:

find / -size gt 2MB

or:

find / -size => 2000000

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answered Feb 27, 2017 at 7:23

Farhan Ahmed

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How does this improve the accepted answer?
– Dave M
Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 13:18
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Though we thank you for your answer, it would be better if it provided additional value on top of the other answers. In this case, your answer does not provide additional value, since another user already posted that solution. If a previous answer was helpful to you, you should vote it up instead of repeating the same information.
– Toby Speight
Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 13:42
Alternative syntax is sometimes useful and insightful. +1
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