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Re: User folder size confusion

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In article <l05dji$vaf$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams
<jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 8/31/13   PDT 1:50 PM, Lewis wrote:

> >
> > Much better and faster to use find to find the large files. That will give
> > you the large folders in nearly every case.
> >
> >     sudo find /Users -size +500M -ls
> >
> > will give you all the files over 500MB.
> >
> >     sudo find /Users -size +1G -ls
> >
> > for all the files over 1GB
> 
> I have used Finder's find function with Size added. Seems to work ok. 
> But what does "sudo find" do?

sudo is a utility program that elevates your process privileges to
administrative or root level while executing the rest of the command
line, after you have entered the appropriate password. In this case,
find running as root will be able to access directories and files to
which your non-elevated user account would not normally have access.

-- 
Jim Gibson

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User folder size confusion Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-08-30 16:29 -0700
  Re: User folder size confusion Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-30 16:44 -0700
    Re: User folder size confusion Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-08-31 20:50 +0000
      Re: User folder size confusion John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-09-03 12:34 -0700
        Re: User folder size confusion Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-09-03 17:49 -0400
          Re: User folder size confusion John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-09-03 15:32 -0700
            Re: User folder size confusion Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-03 16:48 -0700
            Re: User folder size confusion Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-03 20:48 -0400
        Re: User folder size confusion Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-09-03 17:45 -0700
          Re: User folder size confusion Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-03 18:06 -0700
            Re: User folder size confusion Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-06 15:05 +0000
        Re: User folder size confusion Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-04 22:06 +0000
  Re: User folder size confusion nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-30 19:51 -0400
  Re: User folder size confusion Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-08-31 06:27 -0700
    Re: User folder size confusion me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-09-02 02:22 +0000
      Re: User folder size confusion nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-01 22:46 -0400
        Re: User folder size confusion nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-09-02 07:00 -0600
          Re: User folder size confusion Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-09-02 09:21 -0700
            Re: User folder size confusion nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-09-04 03:29 -0600
              Re: User folder size confusion Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-09-04 10:49 -0700
      Re: User folder size confusion Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-09-02 16:38 -0700
      Re: User folder size confusion Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-09-02 16:45 -0700
  Re: User folder size confusion Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-08-31 20:46 +0000

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