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List all packages on an Ubuntu system sorted by size they take up on disk
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print-packages-by-size.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# List all packages on an Ubuntu system sorted by size they take up on disk
sudo dpkg-query --list | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -I% -n1 dpkg-query --status % 2>/dev/null | egrep 'Package: |Installed-Size:' | sed '$!N;s/\n/\t/' | head -n 100 | sort -r -n -k4
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