alt Hacker NewsTo be fair the example above is easier to remember than:
ls -l --sort=size | head -n 5 | tail -n 4 | awk '{print $5 " = " $9}' | numfmt --to iec | jq --raw-input --null-input 'inputs | gsub("\r$"; "") | split(" = "; "") | select(length == 2) | {"s": (.[0]), "n": .[1]}'
This example shows nicely how ugly text processing is: you have to use head and tail simply to trim out the first line of ls (the total).
I think it doesn't even work correctly. ls lists files and directories and then picks the first 4 (it should only select files).
And this also uses awk and jq, which are not just simple "one purpose" tools, but pretty much complete programming languages. jq is not even part of most standard installations, it has to be installed first.