PowerTip: Find Largest File in User Profile with PowerShell

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the largest file in your user profile.

 How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the largest file in my user profile?

 Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet (dir is an alias for the Get-ChildItem), do a recursive search
          of your user profile directory, then sort the files by size and select the last file:

dir $env:USERPROFILE -Recurse -File | sort length | select -last 1

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