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.. date: 2009-03-15 16:45:07 UTC+01:00 
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I need that quite often, but keep forgetting the exact syntax (except for Debian, where it's really simple). 😉

RPM-based (Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse ...)

	rpm -qa --queryformat '%{SIZE} %{NAME}\n' | sort -nr | head -20

DPKG-based (Debian, Ubuntu, Sidux ...)

	wajig size  | sort -k 2 -nr | head -20

Pacman-based (Arch, DeLi, Chakra)

	pacman -Qi | awk '/^Installed Size/{print int($4), name} /^Name/{name=$3}' \
	| sort -nr | head -20