As the linux administrator, sometimes we have to identify which files are most take much space in the linux server resulting in low free space. Low disk space can also affect server performance and sometimes cause critical processes such as backup job to fail. This article shows how you can find big files size on Linux CentOS and RHEL. Command Example to Find Big Files Size on Linux 1. How to display the biggest directories in /var/log and display the result in human readable format # cd /var/log # du -sh * | sort -rh | head -10 78M nginx
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