big

big is a terminal utility for finding the largest immediate entries inside a folder.

It scans directory and ranks its direct files and folders by size. You can move items to the trash.

Important

Windows-only. I'm sorry. Please write the code for your OS yourself. You might want to take a look at the _windows.go files.

Views

• Groups entries into views such as folders, common file extensions, and other entries.
• Sorts entries under 1 MiB alphabetically and shows them without a size.
• Use ←/→ to switch between groups.

Usage

big [flags] [path]

If path is omitted, big scans the current directory.

Flags:

• --age <days>: minimum root entry age in whole days; 0 includes entries of any age. Positive values use the file modified date and folder creation date.

⚠️ Large folders can take time to scan. Press ctrl+c to stop the scan.

Controls

• up / down: move selection
• left / right: switch views
• pgup / pgdown: scroll by page
• home / end: jump to first or last entry
• enter: open selected entry
• e: reveal selected entry in the file manager
• delete: move selected entry to trash
• q, esc, or ctrl+c: quit

Development

go build ./cmd/big
go test ./...

Related

• shed — CLI that moves stale root items from a selected folder into ~\Shed. Go
• If you need a more detailed scan, try ncdu or TreeSize.