# Search or find big files within Linux or unix

**URL:** <https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/search-or-find-big-files-within-linux-or-unix/2509>\
**Category:** Linux - General\
**Created:** [July 6, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/search-or-find-big-files-within-linux-or-unix/2509 "2012-07-06T00:52:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![steve.ling](https://forums.thehomestack.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@steve.ling](https://forums.thehomestack.io/u/steve.ling)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/search-or-find-big-files-within-linux-or-unix/2509/1 "2012-07-06T00:52:42Z")

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Here is a good way to do this

Search or find big files Linux (50MB) in current directory, enter:

```auto
 $ find . -type f -size +50000k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $9 ": " $5 }' 

```