---
name: "dpigs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debian-goodies"
version: "0.88.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dpigs"
---

# dpigs(1)

Show which installed packages occupy the most space

## 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)](/grep-status/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **-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.

- **-H**, **--human-readable**

  Display package sizes in human-readable format (like ls -lh or du -h)

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display some usage information and exit.

## 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 version 2 can be found in */usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2*.

## SEE ALSO

[**dpkg**(8)](/dpkg/8.md), [**grep-status**(1)](/grep-status/1.md)