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Find files larger than a given size in Linux

Using the command line, you can search for files larger than a given filesize using

find /path/to/dir-containing-files -type f -size +1024k

This will search for files larger than 1MB (1024k). Use multiples of 8 to change the filesize number.

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2 Comments


  1. thank you for this tip :)

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  2. gervfd

    Thanks very much!
    Strange thing is, that possibility doesn’t show up on find’s manpage…

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