List files that are larger than 100 kB

Question

I would like to list all the files in ~ whose size is greater than 100 kB but without using the find command. I need to do it with stat.

All files where? In one directory or everywhere on your system? What have you tried — Chris Davies, Oct 07 '18 at 12:46

Ravexina · Answer 1 · 2018-10-07T08:46:36.477

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stat can't list files based on a condition, but you can combine find and stat to get them work together:

find -type f -size +100k -exec stat {} +

or to get specific outout for example files permissions:

find -type f -size +100k -exec stat -c %a {} +

Or write a script which only uses stat:

#!/bin/bash
for file in $HOME/*; do
 if [ -f "$file" ] && [[ $(stat -c %s "$file") -ge 100000 ]]; then
        echo "$file"
 fi
done

edited Oct 07 '18 at 08:46

answered Oct 07 '18 at 08:26

Ravexina

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Thanks. But if I use find, why don't just use find -type f -size +100k ? – Quidam Ibidem Oct 07 '18 at 08:31
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I thought you might want to get your output by stat command, otherwise find -type f -size +100k would works fine. – Ravexina Oct 07 '18 at 08:33

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