Article Index

Part V – Find Files and Directories Based on Size

 

32. Find 50MB Files

 

To find all 50MB files, use.

 

# find / -size 50M

 

33. Find Size between 50MB – 100MB

 

To find all the files which are greater than 50MB and less than 100MB.

 

# find / -size +50M -size -100M

 

34. Find and Delete 100MB Files

 

To find all 100MB files and delete them using one single command.

 

# find / -size +100M -exec rm -rf {} \;

 

35. Find Specific Files and Delete

 

Find all .mp3 files with more than 10MB and delete them using one single command.

 

# find / -type f -name *.mp3 -size +10M -exec rm {} \;