Filesumo 1 0 – Find Top 100 Huge Files
So, this tutorial will help you to use multiples commands that can be used either on a Linux or UNIX like systems to find the largest files or directories on the file systems. 1) Using find command. The 'find' command is very useful to search for files in a directory hierarchy and to search for finding large files and directories in your system. Quickly view hard drive, directory, file size information, and more with this free portable application.
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Often as a developer, for testing disk performance, or perhaps your internet or network connection speed, you need to generate a large file of a specific size. Windows includes a utility that allows you to quickly generate a file of any size instantly.
This is a command line (DOS) utility, so firstly, open a command prompt (as an administrator if you need to write to protected folders).
To launch a command prompt, hit start and just type command
. You'll see 'Command Prompt' appear as the closest match (Remember to right-click and choose 'Run as Administrator' if you need admin priviledges). Alterntaively, use the key combination: [WIN]
+R
, and type cmd.exe
to launch a command prompt.
Run the following command:
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For example, this command will create a 1GB file called 1gb.test
in my temp folder:
Note: the size of the file is specified in bytes. So, you'll need to be specific about the value you choose if you need a specific size.
Googling the converted value (e.g. 100gb in bytes
) will give you a result, but to avoid answers with exponents, here are some pre-calculated equivalent values:
Size | Size in Bytes |
---|---|
1 MB | 1048576 |
100 MB | 104857600 |
1 GB | 1073741824 |
10 GB | 10737418240 |
100 GB | 107374182400 |
1 TB | 1099511627776 |
10 TB | 10995116277760 |