How to find larger file under Linux

List All Large Files

To finds all files over 1G in size and display their names, along with size, use following syntax:

Syntax for RedHat / CentOS / Fedora Linux

find {/path/to/directory/} -type f -size +{size-in-kb}k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }' 

        # find / -type f -size +1G -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'



Search or find big files Linux (50MB) in current directory, enter:
            $ find . -type f -size +50000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }'

Syntax for Debian / Ubuntu Linux

find {/path/to/directory} -type f -size +{file-size-in-kb}k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'
Search in current directory:
           $ find . -type f -size +1G -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $8 ": " $5 }'

Sample output:

./.kde/share/apps/akregator/Archive/http___blogs.msdn.com_MainFeed.aspx?Type=AllBlogs.mk4: 91M
./out/out.tar.gz: 828M
./.cache/tracker/file-meta.db: 101M
./ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso: 700M
./vivek/out/mp3/Eric: 230M