[ale] how do I list big files

[Ron Frazier]

I tried the command as follows without sending to the text file and it 
appeared to work.  However, it generated some errors and odd behavior 
which I've highlighted below.  (Hopefully that comes through in the 
post.)  I tried it from root as well as my home directory with similar 
results.  When I send it to the text file, the normal lines appear to go 
to the file and the errors appear to go to the screen.  So, I'm 
wondering four things.

1) Am I actually seeing all the files on the system that match the criteria?
2) What are the strange files I've highlighted which are not errors?
3) What are the errors?
4) Are these errors harmful to the system in any way?

See printout below.

Sincerely,

Ron

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ron at TAZ1:~$ sudo find / -type f -size +100M

*/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/resource3     ???
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/resource0     ???
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/resource0_wc     ???
*
/home/ron/junk/nojungledisk/103 MB CPU_2008-02.pdf
/home/ron/junk/nojungledisk/699 MB ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
/home/ron/Dropbox/Public/ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4

*find: `/home/ron/.gvfs': Permission denied*

/home/ron/.thunderbird/phptkb7e.default/global-messages-db.sqlite
/home/ron/.thunderbird/phptkb7e.default/Mail/pop.1and1.com/Mailing Lists
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.onlinebak
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.backup
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.backup.0
/home/ron/.rssowl2/.metadata/.plugins/org.rssowl.core/rssowl.db.onlinebak.0
/home/ron/Desktop/junk/nojungledisk/103 MB CPU_2008-02.pdf
/home/ron/Desktop/junk/nojungledisk/699 MB ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
/home/ron/nojungledisk/linuxfest-itt-atl-20100814.odp
/home/ron/nojungledisk/linuxfest-itt-atl-20100814.ppt
/home/ron/nojungledisk/ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/03a ---- Computer 
-------------.fol/03a Archivists Lists.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/00a In - zMail OLD1.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/00a In - BACON.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - FT-450 List.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - NFARL.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - Sherline.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - 9 X 20.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - 7 X 10.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - Gingery.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - 7 X 12.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Ham Radio - DXLAB.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/08a ---- Hobbies 
--------------.fol/08a Lathe - Taig.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b EVGray List.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Biodiesel.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Joe Cell List.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Steam Lists.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Wastewatts.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Oil From Algae List.mbx
/home/ron/.wine/drive_c/Eudora-2008-09/05b ---- Energy 
---------------.fol/05b Alternative Energy Politics.mbx
/home/ron/.evolution/mail/local/Mailing Lists
/home/ron/.evolution/mail/local/Inbox

*/proc/kcore     ???
*
*find: `/proc/18372/task/18372/fd/5': No such file or directory
find: `/proc/18372/task/18372/fdinfo/5': No such file or directory
find: `/proc/18372/fd/5': No such file or directory
find: `/proc/18372/fdinfo/5': No such file or directory
*
/swapfile


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On 03/19/2011 08:09 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> $ find /root/path -type f -size +100M>  file_list.txt
>
> On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Ron Frazier<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to generate a list of all files on my hard drive bigger than 100
>> MB and send the list to a text file.  I need to know the name of each
>> file and which directory it's in.  I also want to search sub directories.
>>
>> Is there an easy command line sequence I can use?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>      

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