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6 size - list section sizes and total size.
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9 size [-A⎪-B⎪--format=compatibility]
10 [--help]
11 [-d⎪-o⎪-x⎪--radix=number]
12 [--common]
13 [-t⎪--totals]
14 [--target=bfdname] [-V⎪--version]
15 [objfile...]
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18 The GNU size utility lists the section sizes---and the total size---for
19 each of the object or archive files objfile in its argument list. By
20 default, one line of output is generated for each object file or each
21 module in an archive.
22 objfile... are the object files to be examined. If none are specified,
24 the file "a.out" will be used.
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27 The command line options have the following meanings:
28 -A
30 -B
31 --format=compatibility
32 Using one of these options, you can choose whether the output from
33 GNU size resembles output from System V size (using -A, or --for‐
34 mat=sysv), or Berkeley size (using -B, or --format=berkeley). The
35 default is the one-line format similar to Berkeley's.
36 Here is an example of the Berkeley (default) format of output from
38 size:
39 $ size --format=Berkeley ranlib size
41 text data bss dec hex filename
42 294880 81920 11592 388392 5ed28 ranlib
43 294880 81920 11888 388688 5ee50 size
44 This is the same data, but displayed closer to System V conven‐
46 tions:
47 $ size --format=SysV ranlib size
49 ranlib :
50 section size addr
51 .text 294880 8192
52 .data 81920 303104
53 .bss 11592 385024
54 Total 388392
55 size :
57 section size addr
58 .text 294880 8192
59 .data 81920 303104
60 .bss 11888 385024
61 Total 388688
62 --help
64 Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options.
65 -d
67 -o
68 -x
69 --radix=number
70 Using one of these options, you can control whether the size of
71 each section is given in decimal (-d, or --radix=10); octal (-o, or
72 --radix=8); or hexadecimal (-x, or --radix=16). In --radix=number,
73 only the three values (8, 10, 16) are supported. The total size is
74 always given in two radices; decimal and hexadecimal for -d or -x
75 output, or octal and hexadecimal if you're using -o.
76 --common
78 Print total size of common symbols in each file. When using Berke‐
79 ley format these are included in the bss size.
80 -t
82 --totals
83 Show totals of all objects listed (Berkeley format listing mode
84 only).
85 --target=bfdname
87 Specify that the object-code format for objfile is bfdname. This
88 option may not be necessary; size can automatically recognize many
89 formats.
90 -V
92 --version
93 Display the version number of size.
94 @file
96 Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted
97 in place of the original @file option. If file does not exist, or
98 cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
99 removed.
100 Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace charac‐
102 ter may be included in an option by surrounding the entire option
103 in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
104 backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
105 included with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
106 @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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109 ar(1), objdump(1), readelf(1), and the Info entries for binutils.
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112 Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
113 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
114 Foundation, Inc.
115 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
117 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
118 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
119 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
120 Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
121 Free Documentation License".
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