SIZE(1) GNU Development Tools SIZE(1)
NAME
size - list section sizes and total size.
SYNOPSIS
size [-A|-B|--format=compatibility]
[--help]
[-d|-o|-x|--radix=number]
[--common]
[-t|--totals]
[--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:
-A
-B
--format=compatibility
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
--help
Show a summary of acceptable arguments and options.
size.
-t
--totals
Show totals of all objects listed (Berkeley format listing mode only).
--target=bfdname
Specify that the object-code format for objfile is bfdname. This option may not be necessary; size can
automatically recognize many formats.
-V
--version
Display the version number of size.
@file
Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted in place of the original @file option.
If file does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and not removed.
Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace character may be included in an option by
surrounding the entire option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a backslash)
may be included by prefixing the character to be included with a backslash. The file may itself contain
additional @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
SEE ALSO
ar(1), objdump(1), readelf(1), and the Info entries for binutils.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is
included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
binutils-2.25 2014-12-23 SIZE(1)
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