finding large files with UNIX

# find /var -printf "%s %p\n"|sort -nr
 
Example:  

# find /var -printf "%s %p\n"|sort -nr | head -20
97470187 /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer/jdk-7u11-linux-i586.tar.gz
48562176 /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1/postlist.DB
37978766 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.2.0-37-generic_3.2.0-37.58_i386.deb
37375582 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
36792960 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.0.0-30-generic_3.0.0-30.47_i386.deb
36047902 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.38-16-generic_2.6.38-16.67_i386.deb
33488896 /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1/termlist.DB
31505622 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
28473858 /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_universe_binary-i386_Packages
27598548 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4_i386.deb
27519512 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic_3.5.0-23.35_i386.deb
27447322 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.10.1_i386.deb
27282606 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1_i386.deb
27279022 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1_i386.deb
26974848 /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-core_1%3a3.4.4-0ubuntu1.4_i386.deb
26849766 /var/cache/apt/archives/openjdk-6-jre-headless_6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1_i386.deb
24815241 /var/cache/apt/apt-file/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_Contents-i386.gz
23725752 /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_18.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1_i386.deb
23688421 /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_universe_source_Sources
23677758 /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_18.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb