SIZE.1(1)

NAME
size - list section sizes and total size.

SYNOPSIS
size [ -A | -B | --format=compatibility ]
     [ --help ] [ -d | -o | -x | --radix=number ]
     [ --target=bfdname ] [ -V | --version ]
     [ objfile... ]

DESCRIPTION
The GNU size utility lists the section sizes---and the total size---for each of the object or archive files objfile in its argument list. By default, one line of output is generated for each object file or each module in an archive.

objfile... are the object files to be examined. If none are specified, the file a.out will be used.

OPTIONS
The command line options have the following meanings: Using one of these options, you can choose whether the output from GNU size resembles output from System V size (using -A, or --format=sysv), or Berkeley size (using -B, or --format=berkeley). The default is the one-line format similar to Berkeley's.

Here is an example of the Berkeley (default) format of output from size:

    $ size --format=Berkeley ranlib size
    text data bss dec hex filename
    294880 81920 11592 388392 5ed28 ranlib
    294880 81920 11888 388688 5ee50 size

This is the same data, but displayed closer to System V conventions:

        $ size --format=SysV ranlib size
        ranlib  :
        section         size         addr
        .text         294880         8192
        .data          81920       303104
        .bss           11592       385024
        Total         388392

        size  :
        section         size         addr
        .text         294880         8192
        .data          81920       303104
        .bss           11888       385024
        Total         388688
Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options. Using one of these options, you can control whether the size of each section is given in decimal (-d, or --radix=10); octal (-o, or --radix=8); or hexadecimal (-x, or --radix=16). In --radix=number, only the three values (8, 10, 16) are supported. The total size is always given in two radices; decimal and hexadecimal for -d or -x output, or octal and hexadecimal if you're using -o. Specify that the object-code format for objfile is bfdname. This option may not be necessary; size can automatically recognize many formats. Display the version number of size.

SEE ALSO
ar(1), objdump(1), readelf(1), and the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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