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NAME
dpigs - Show which installed packages occupy the most space
SYNOPSIS
dpigs [options]
DESCRIPTION
dpigs sorts the installed packages by size and outputs the largest ones. Per default dpigs displays the largest 10 packages. You can change
this value by using the -n option (see "OPTIONS"). The information is taken from the dpkg status file with grep-status(1).
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display some usage information and exit.
-n, --lines=N
Display the N largest packages on the system (default 10).
-s, --status=FILE
Use FILE instead of the default dpkg status file (which is /var/lib/dpkg/status currently).
-S, --source
Display the largest source packages of binary packages installed on the system.
AUTHOR
Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
This manpage was written by Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License may be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(8), grep-status(1)
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