Looking for the name of the smallest file in Linux?… here is a solution to the problem.
Looking for the name of the smallest file in Linux?
Suppose you have to find the name of the 4th smallest (non-hidden) file in the directory
What is the correct command to do this? Let’s say I’m a statement that only knows ls -l, head, tail, line, and awk '{print}'.
Solution
From man ls:-S sorts the outputs in descending order of size, and -r reverses the order of the outputs
So my solution looks like
ls -rS | sed -n '4p'
Or, or,
ls -rS | awk 'NR==4'