How to get all the files exceeding certain size and deleting them

Question

1. I am looking for a linux command to get all the files exceeding a certain size from the current directory and its sub-directories.

2. Whats the easiest way to delete all these files?

Answer 1

Similar to the exec rm answer, but doesn't need a process for each found file:

find . -size +100k -delete 

Answer 2

One-liner:

find . -size +100k -exec rm {} \; 

The first part (find . -size +100k) looks for all the files starting from current directory (.) exceeding (+) 100 kBytes (100k).

The second part (-exec rm {} \;) invoked given command on every found file. {} is a placeholder for current file name, including path. \; just marks end of the command.

Remember to always check whether your filtering criteria are proper by running raw find:

find . -size +100k 

Or, you might even make a backup copy before deleting:

find . -size +100k -exec cp --parents {} ~/backup \;