In the Linux terminal, view the sizes of all files and subdirectories in the current directory and display them sorted by size.

In a Linux terminal, to display the size of all files and subdirectories in the current directory, sorted by size, use the following common commands:

1. Display the size of all files/directories (including hidden files) and sort them.

du -sh .[!.]* * 2>/dev/null | sort -hr

• du -sh: Calculate the size of each file (-s for summary, -h for human-readable format)

• .[!.]* *Match hidden files (excluding ); .  ; ..) and non-hidden files

• 2>/dev/nullIgnore error messages (e.g., when no matches are found)

• sort -hrSort by size in descending order

2. Displays only non-hidden files and directories within the current directory (most commonly used)

du -sh * | sort -hr

3. Display the top-level subdirectories and the total size of the current directory (depth 1)

du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -hr

4. List only regular files (does not display directories)

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ls -lh {} \; | sort -k5 -hr

5. Use; ls View file size (excluding total directory size)

ls -lhS

• -l  Details,-h readable,-S Sort by file size in descending order (the directory shows approximately 4 KB – this is approximate)

recommendDaily use; du -sh * | sort -hr The most intuitive approach.