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Show size of a file: (:source lang=bash:)

/bin/bash

FILENAME=/root/ppb/dummy/packages.txt FILESIZE=$(wc -c < "$FILENAME")

  1. non standard way (GNU stat): FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$FILENAME")

echo "Size of $FILENAME = $FILESIZE bytes." (:sourcend:)

Get largest file: (:source lang=bash:)

  1. !/usr/bin/env bash
  2. GNU find + bash4 / ksh93v / zsh
  3. Get the largest file matching pattern in the given directories recursively

${ZSH_VERSION+false} || emulate ksh ${BASH_VERSION+shopt -s lastpipe extglob}

function getLargest {

    typeset -A cur top || return
    typeset dir x
	for dir in "$2"/*/; do
		-d $dir ? || return 0
		getLargest "$1" "${dir%/}" || return
		top[size]=-1
		find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "$1" -printf '%s\0%f\0' | {
			while :; do
				for x in cur\[{size,name}\]; do
					IFS= read -rd '' "$x" || break 2
				done
				if (( cur[size] > top[size] )); then
					top[size]=${cur[size]} top[name]=${cur[name]}
				fi
			done
			printf '%q\n' "${dir}${top[name]}"
		}
    done

}

  1. main pattern dir [ dir ... ]

function main {

	if -n $1 ?; then
		typeset dir pattern=$1
		shift
		for dir; do
			-d $dir ? || return
			getLargest "$pattern" "$dir"
		done
	else
		return 1
	fi

}

main "$@"

  1. vim: set fenc=utf-8 ff=unix ft=sh :

(:sourcend:)

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