Linux/Ubuntu: How to find large files and directories via SSH

Using the ter­mi­nal, you can easi­ly search for files that have a mini­mum size that you defi­ne yours­elf. The fol­lo­wing call sear­ches the enti­re hard disk for files lar­ger than 10MB and dis­plays them with the path in the ter­mi­nal.

find / -size +10M -ls

Alter­na­tively, you can spe­ci­fy a direc­to­ry that you want to search. You only have to spe­ci­fy the path to the direc­to­ry.

find /var/www/vhosts -size +10M -ls

Or you can abbre­via­te the who­le thing with a dot to search the cur­rent direc­to­ry you are in.

find . -size +10M -ls

If you want to find all files that are bet­ween 10MB and 15MB, you can use the fol­lo­wing call:

find / -size +10M -size -15M -ls