Server Administration Programming Tutorials, Guides & Best Practices

• sudo: Runs the command with superuser privileges, which might be necessary for accessing certain files or directories.
• find /path/to/directory -type f: Searches for files (-type f) in the specified directory and its subdirectories. Replace /path/to/directory with the target directory, or use / to search the entire file system.
• -exec du -h {} +: Executes the du (disk usage) command for each file found, with -h providing human-readable sizes (e.g., MB, GB).
• sort -rh: Sorts the files in reverse order by size, with the largest files listed first.
• head -n 10: Displays the top 10 files from the sorted list.

After executing the command, you'll see a list of the top 10 largest files, along with their sizes. For example: