Running out of disk space on your #Linux, #macOS, #FreeBSD or #Unix system? Use the 'du' command shell kung-fu to print directories and files consuming the most disk space:
```
du -a -x {/dir1/} | sort -n -r | head -n 10
```
Read "How To Find Largest Top 10 Files and Directories On Linux / UNIX / BSD" for complete examples and syntax usage 👇https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-find-the-largest-filesdirectories-on-a-linuxunixbsd-filesystem/
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