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Sorting human readable file sizes
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Problem
How can I sort a list using a human-readable file-size sort, numerical sort that takes size identifier (G,M,K) into account? Can I sort " " output for example? Problem: Consider the problem of listing files/folders and sorting them by their size. You can achieve that by running: This lists the file…
Error Output
du -s * | sort -n
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Fix for: Sorting human readable file sizes
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Use GNU coreutils >= 7.5: du -hs * | sort -h (Taken from this serverfault question) Man page Edit: You can check your versions using and if you are using the GNU versions. If you're using homebrew you may need to use and .
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