Find largest folder/files on a server

Find largest folder/files on a server

The following command will show you the top 10 largest folders on a server. Change [FOLDER LOCATION] to /data or whatever you require.
du -a [FOLDER LOCATION] | sort -n -r | head -n 10
e.g. du -a /foldername | sort -n -r | head -n 10

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