[ale] how do I list big files

[Jim Kinney]

Append a 2>/dev/null to the end of the command string to send errors to the
bit bucket
On Mar 20, 2011 9:29 AM, "Ron Frazier" <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>
wrote:
> I tried the command as follows without sending to the text file and it
> appeared to work. However, it generated some errors and odd behavior
> which I've highlighted below. (Hopefully that comes through in the
> post.) I tried it from root as well as my home directory with similar
> results. When I send it to the text file, the normal lines appear to go
> to the file and the errors appear to go to the screen. So, I'm
> wondering four things.
>
> 1) Am I actually seeing all the files on the system that match the
criteria?
> 2) What are the strange files I've highlighted which are not errors?
> 3) What are the errors?
> 4) Are these errors harmful to the system in any way?
>
> See printout below.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> ron at TAZ1:~$ sudo find / -type f -size +100M
>
> */sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/resource3 ???
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/resource0 ???
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/resource0_wc ???
> *
> /home/ron/junk/nojungledisk/103 MB CPU_2008-02.pdf
> /home/ron/junk/nojungledisk/699 MB ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
> /home/ron/Dropbox/Public/ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4
>
> *find: `/home/ron/.gvfs': Permission denied*
>
> /home/ron/.thunderbird/phptkb7e.default/global-messages-db.sqlite
> /home/ron/.thunderbird/phptkb7e.default/Mail/pop.1and1.com/Mailing Lists
> /home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.onlinebak
> /home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.backup
> /home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db
> /home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.backup.0
>
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.onlinebak.0
> /home/ron/Desktop/junk/nojungledisk/103 MB CPU_2008-02.pdf
> /home/ron/Desktop/junk/nojungledisk/699 MB ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
> /home/ron/nojungledisk/linuxfest-itt-atl-20100814.odp
> /home/ron/nojungledisk/linuxfest-itt-atl-20100814.ppt
> /home/ron/nojungledisk/ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/03a ---- Computer
> -------------.fol/03a Archivists Lists.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/00a In - zMail OLD1.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/00a In - BACON.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - FT-450 List.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - NFARL.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - Sherline.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - 9 X 20.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - 7 X 10.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - Gingery.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - 7 X 12.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - DXLAB.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies
> --------------.fol/08a Lathe - Taig.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b EVGray List.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Biodiesel.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Joe Cell List.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Steam Lists.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Wastewatts.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Oil From Algae List.mbx
> /home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy
> ---------------.fol/05b Alternative Energy Politics.mbx
> /home/ron/.evolution/mail/local/Mailing Lists
> /home/ron/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox
>
> */proc/kcore ???
> *
> *find: `/proc/18372/task/18372/fd/5': No such file or directory
> find: `/proc/18372/task/18372/fdinfo/5': No such file or directory
> find: `/proc/18372/fd/5': No such file or directory
> find: `/proc/18372/fdinfo/5': No such file or directory
> *
> /swapfile
>
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> On 03/19/2011 08:09 PM, James Sumners wrote:
>> $ find /root/path -type f -size +100M> file_list.txt
>>
>> On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Ron Frazier<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>
wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I want to generate a list of all files on my hard drive bigger than 100
>>> MB and send the list to a text file. I need to know the name of each
>>> file and which directory it's in. I also want to search sub directories.
>>>
>>> Is there an easy command line sequence I can use?
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>
> --
>
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>
> Ron Frazier
>
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