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--- linux_wiki:find [2015/03/24 23:32]
billdozor created
+++ linux_wiki:find [2016/03/18 23:21]
billdozor [Find]
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 **Checklist**
-  * Distro(s): All
+  * Distro(s): Any
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 <code bash>
-nice find / -xdev -printf '%h\n' | sort | uniq -c | sort -k 1 -n
+nice find / -mount -printf '%h\n' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n -k 1
 </code>
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   * nice = Use nice in a production environment to lower CPU scheduling priority by a default of 10, as find can be CPU intensive
   * find / = start in the "/" directory (change this to the root of a mount point you wish to investigate as identified by 'df -i')
-  * xdev = Do not descend directories on other file systems.
+  * mount = Do not descend directories on other file systems.
-  * printf '%h\n' = Print the leading directories of a file's name, then a newline
+  * printf '%h\n' = Print the leading directories of a file's name (%h), then a newline (\n). (man find, then search for 'printf\ format' to see all available formats)
   * sort = Default sort by starting of line alphabetical
   * uniq -c = Filter matching adjacent lines, prefix lines with the count of occurrences
-  * sort -k 1 -n = Sort via the "key" starting at 1 (field 1, the number) numerically
+  * sort -n -k 1 = Sort numerically (-n) via the "key" (-k) at field 1 (field 1 is the count from 'uniq -c').
 This will give output with the first column displaying file count and the second column displaying the folder it is in.