How to find largest file in the subdirectories? [duplicate]

Question

Wit the following command I can find largest directory.

find <directory> -printf '%s %p\n' |sort -nr | head

But is there a way to find largest file within all the subdirectories in directory ?

Answer 1

Specify -type f for file:

find -type f -printf '%s %p\n' |sort -nr | head