How to find the largest files and folders in Linux

1. Open terminal
2. Type
   
   
   du -a /{folder} | sort -n -r | head -n {count}

{folder} is the starting location where you want to find the largest files and folders

{count} number of results you want to see

Example

Find the top 10 files of the whole file system

du -a / | sort -n -r | head -n 10

Source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-find-the-largest-filesdirectories-on-a-linuxunixbsd-filesystem/