To sort the files in a directory use the following
du -sh -- * | sort -hTaken from https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/4682
Linux sort files by human readable size
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find the nn largest files in your linux system
Problem
You would like to know what are the biggest nn files in your linux computer.
Solution
Run the following to give you the 20 largest files:
sudo du -ahx / | sort -rh | head -20
taken from Linux Journal Issue 275 March 2017