Use du command on files only

Question

How can I make this command run on files only?

du -h * | sort -h -r | head -n 5

Now I am using * which runs on all files and directories but I want to change that.

Answer 1

you need to use the find utility to pinpoint only the files:

find . -type f -exec du -h {} + | sort -n -r | head -n 5

also you have a typo, it's sort -n -r not sort -h -r

Answer 2

也许它有帮助

for i in $(ls -d */ | sort -h -r | head -n 5); do du -h $i; done