how to find large files using command line linux?

[spaceman]

OK, I confess, this question has zero to do with cPanel/WHM...

We've got a local linux dev server that is running out of space big time. Something is chewing up drive space. What linux command lines and options are my friend in identifying where my space is being chewed up? 'df' tells me that /var is 97% used, but what can I do to learn most efficiently which files in /var are the culprits?

Thanks.

[serversphere]

find '/' -size +50000k

replacing 50000k with whatever size you would be lookin' for, and the '/' with the appropriate directory...

edit: sry, posted above solely based on your msg subject. If you want to know about only the /var directory you could use above with '/var' in place of '/', however I would look at your logs directory and see what in there is or isnt' being rotated. First guess is that your logs are growing out of control. GL!

[chirpy]

Yup, I'd guess logs and mysql databases as the most common cause. Using du is your best bet.

[spaceman]

Thanks guys. I got a good result from

du -sh /var/*

Turned out that log level setting in smb.conf (Samba) was set to '3' which results in huge log files been written. Changed it to 1 (0 is 'off' I believe), deleted historical logs, all good.