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Locate big files on macOS #mdfind #find #bigfiles

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$ mdfind 'kMDItemFSSize > 200000000' | sed 's| |\\ |g' | xargs du -sch
#                             ^
#                         ~ 200MiB

datt commented Aug 26, 2020

This helps you locate the folders with big size.

sudo du -sh *  | grep -E "\dG" # here G means in GB, You can also use `M` for MB

You can start from root i.e /, just cd / and run above command.

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