[kurlberg]

Another option is

du | sort -n

(I've got it aliased to "dun".)

[buzzwordninja]

Or human readable. This is what I usually use:

    du -sh * | sort -h

[makapuf]

Wow thanks for sort -h (sorting by human representation, 2M>150k) gnu tools never cease to amaze me.

[kurlberg]

Thanks! I've got a new alias cut out for me: duh! :-)