LTO-DUMP(1)

🦋 lto-dump 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, lto-dump is a tool for dumping LTO object files 💖

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

lto-dump [-list]
     [-demangle]
     [-defined-only]
     [-print-value]
     [-name-sort]
     [-size-sort]
     [-reverse-sort]
     [-no-sort]
     [-symbol=]
     [-objects]
     [-type-stats]
     [-tree-stats]
     [-gimple-stats]
     [-dump-level=]
     [-dump-body=]
     [-help] lto-dump

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so lto-dump is a tool you can use alongside GCC to dump link time optimization object files 🔥 it's literally built for this, no cap 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -list — dumps a list of details about functions and variables 📜
• -demangle — dumps the demangled output 🪄
• -defined-only — dumps only the defined symbols ✅
• -print-value — dumps the initial values of the variables 💜
• -name-sort — sorts the symbols alphabetically 🔤
• -size-sort — sorts the symbols by size 📏
• -reverse-sort — dumps the symbols in reverse order 🔄
• -no-sort — dumps the symbols in order of occurrence, no sorting drama 🙈
• -symbol= — dumps the details of one specific symbol 🔍
• -objects — dumps the details of LTO objects 🧚
• -type-stats — dumps the statistics of tree types 📊
• -tree-stats — dumps the statistics of trees 🌳
• -gimple-stats — dumps the statistics of gimple statements 📈
• -dump-level= — used for deciding the optimization level of the body ⭐
• -dump-body= — dumps one specific gimple body 🦋
• -help — displays the dump tool help 🆘

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 🌈

Okay, the legal part, but make it cute 🥹 You're allowed 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 💖 The Invariant Sections are "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts are (a) (see below), and the Back-Cover Texts are (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the gfdl(7) man page 📖

(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is:

A GNU Manual

(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is:

You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
software.  Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise
funds for GNU development.

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Okay bestie that's the whole tea ☕ This page is from gcc-16, dated 2026-03-22, and it's the LTO-DUMP(1) page, so go forth and dump those LTO object files like the main character you are 💅✨🫶