a big file taking all space not trace-able and visible. how to delete?

[Jack Craig]

cd top of full FS

du -s * | sort -nr | head

cd to top of list; repeat til you find the pork...


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rajeev Prasad <rp.neuli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> on my ubuntu 10.10
>
> an ssh  process put a very large file which filled the FS to 100%
>
> I tried to gip:  it failed.
> I tried to move to my windows PC.... using winscp
> while it was 'moving' i tried to rm the file.
>
> now i do not see the file anymore but disk usage is still showing 100%
>
> how to find and delete this file now?
>
> pl advice.
>
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