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March 2, 2026 · 1 min read

How would you use a Bash script to find the largest file in a directory and its size?

I would use the ‘find’ command combined with ‘du’ to list all files and then pipe that output to ‘sort’ and ‘head’ to get the largest file. For example, ‘find…

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How would you use a Bash script to find the largest file in a directory and its size?

COVER // HOW WOULD YOU USE A BASH SCRIPT TO FIND THE LARGEST FILE IN A DIRECTORY AND ITS SIZE?

I would use the ‘find’ command combined with ‘du’ to list all files and then pipe that output to ‘sort’ and ‘head’ to get the largest file. For example, ‘find . -type f -exec du -h {} + | sort -rh | head -n 1’.

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