# install numfmt through coreutils sudo apt-get install -y coreutils alias ducks='sudo du -cbs * | sort -rn| head -11|numfmt --field 1 --to=iec|column -t'
Add to .bash_aliases
> cat ~/.bash_aliases
alias ducks='sudo du -cbs * | sort -rn| head -11|numfmt --field 1 --to=iec|column -t'
..
> ducks
10TB this
5GB is
2MB hello
10KB world
References
> cat ~/.bash_aliases alias ducks='sudo du -cbs * | sort -rn| head -11|numfmt --field 1 --to=iec|column -t' .. > ducks 10TB this 5GB is 2MB hello 10KB world
References
1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15854332/file-size-in-human-readable-format