In which directory u want to search enter into the dir and run like below

what is the command for finding the higest memory occupied
file in linux?

Question Posted / rallapalli

Answer Posted / rallapalli

In which directory u want to search enter into the dir and
run like below

#du -sh * | sort -nr | head -1

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