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+findbig
+=======
+
+A command-line utility for finding the biggest files in a directory tree.
+
+```
+usage: findbig [-h] [-v] [-f FORMAT] [-l LIMIT] [-u {k,b,g,m,t}] [-r ROUND]
+               [-m MIN_SIZE]
+               base_dir
+
+Find large files in a directory
+
+positional arguments:
+  base_dir              Root dir to begin search
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+
+output options:
+  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose output
+  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
+                        Output format
+  -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT
+                        Limit result count
+  -u {k,b,g,m,t}, --unit {k,b,g,m,t}
+                        Convert sizes to unit
+  -r ROUND, --round ROUND
+                        Number of places to round to
+  -m MIN_SIZE, --min-size MIN_SIZE
+                        Ignore files smaller than threshold
+```