sizeof-linux

A cli-tool for GNU/Linux making it easy to find files bigger than the specified threshold.

Installation

To install the tool, simply run make in the directory of the source files.

$ make

Usage

$ ./sizeof [-rtv] [-p path] [-s size_format] [-h threshold]

switch	argument	description
-r	no	operate recursively
-v	no	verbose output
-t	no	time the operation
-s	size_format	values in b -> bytes, k -> kilobytes, m -> megabytes, g -> gigabytes (default: k)
-p	path	set the search path
-n	no	colorless output (for piping etc.)
-h	threshold	search for files >= threshold

Example

$ ./sizeof -t -p ./ -s k -h 20  

output:

<./>
  |-- sizeof  [62.071999]
  |-- LICENSE  [35.140999]

--------------------------------------

[SEARCH TIME] : 0s
[PRINT TIME] : 0s
[TOTAL ELAPSED TIME] : 0s

Note

1. threshold is a float. It is given in the specified size_format.
2. The output file size is a float. It is given in the specified size_format.

Known Issues/Bugs

If the tool is not run as root it occasionally produces segfaults when trying to read files it doesn't have permission to. This is most likely caused by the function getFileSize(char*), which opens every file to determine its size.