List files bigger than filesize specified

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

Johnny

Posted 2011-01-15T14:59:12.650

Reputation: 925

Answers

138

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

Nifle

Posted 2011-01-15T14:59:12.650

Reputation: 31 337

If you need to pass the size in bytes, use find . -type f -size +4096c (https://superuser.com/a/204571/111289)

– aexl – 2017-08-08T09:19:12.187

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 {} \;

Ofir Zvik

Posted 2011-01-15T14:59:12.650

Reputation: 251

I think it would be easier to use printf parameter -printf "%p %s". See: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?find

– Nux – 2014-11-12T13:53:50.267

@Nux: nice tip. -printf '%9s %p\n' worked well for me. – seanf – 2015-05-29T05:40:21.200

Building on this answer: find /var/lib/docker/containers -name "*-json.log" -type f -size +100M -exec /bin/cp -f /dev/null {} \; – Rich K. – 2020-02-12T20:09:36.450

1Does the same as @Nifle's first command – Canadian Luke – 2014-05-21T17:33:48.600

Use the following:

find / -size gt 2MB

or:

find / -size => 2000000

Farhan Ahmed

Posted 2011-01-15T14:59:12.650

Reputation: 21

3How does this improve the accepted answer? – Dave M – 2017-02-27T13:18:33.970

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 – 2017-02-27T13:42:25.743