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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
34 --format=sysv), or Berkeley size (using -B, or --format=berkeley).
35 The 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
46 conventions:
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 :
58 section size addr
59 .text 294880 8192
60 .data 81920 303104
61 .bss 11888 385024
62 Total 388688
63 --help
65 Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options.
66 -d
68 -o
69 -x
70 --radix=number
71 Using one of these options, you can control whether the size of
72 each section is given in decimal (-d, or --radix=10); octal (-o, or
73 --radix=8); or hexadecimal (-x, or --radix=16). In --radix=number,
74 only the three values (8, 10, 16) are supported. The total size is
75 always given in two radices; decimal and hexadecimal for -d or -x
76 output, or octal and hexadecimal if you're using -o.
77 --common
79 Print total size of common symbols in each file. When using
80 Berkeley format these are included in the bss size.
81 -t
83 --totals
84 Show totals of all objects listed (Berkeley format listing mode
85 only).
86 --target=bfdname
88 Specify that the object-code format for objfile is bfdname. This
89 option may not be necessary; size can automatically recognize many
90 formats.
91 -V
93 --version
94 Display the version number of size.
95 @file
97 Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted
98 in place of the original @file option. If file does not exist, or
99 cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not
100 removed.
101 Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
103 character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
104 option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including
105 a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
106 included with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
107 @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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110 ar(1), objdump(1), readelf(1), and the Info entries for binutils.
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113 Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
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115 Software Foundation, Inc.
116 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
118 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
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120 Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
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