LTO-DUMP(1)

💅 lto-dump — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, this is the manual for lto-dump, section 1 of the GNU manuals. It's a whole tool that lives next to GCC and it dumps link time optimization object files. Yes. That's the vibe. Let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

lto-dump — a tool for dumping LTO object files. That's it. That's the girl. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lowkey THE shape of it, copy it exactly bestie:

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

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So lto-dump is a tool you run in conjunction with GCC, and what it does is dump link time optimization object files. That's its whole main character job. Iconic honestly. 👑

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

Every single one, no skips, we don't gatekeep 💅

• -list — dumps you a list of the details of functions and variables. the whole rundown.
• -demangle — dumps the demangled output. no more cryptic name soup 🫶
• -defined-only — only the defined symbols get dumped. undefined ones can sit this one out.
• -print-value — dumps the initial values of the variables. the before picture.
• -name-sort — sorts the symbols alphabetically. order, slay.
• -size-sort — sorts the symbols according to size.
• -reverse-sort — dumps the symbols in reverse order. backwards but make it fashion.
• -no-sort — dumps the symbols in order of occurrence. no sorting, just vibes.
• -symbol= — dumps the details of one specific symbol. pick your fav ✨
• -objects — dumps the details of LTO objects.
• -type-stats — dumps the statistics of tree types. numbers, but for types.
• -tree-stats — dumps the statistics of trees. yes, actually trees. 🌳
• -gimple-stats — dumps the statistics of gimple statements.
• -dump-level= — for deciding the optimization level of body.
• -dump-body= — dumps the specific gimple body.
• -help — displays the dump tool help. when in doubt, bestie, ask for help 🙈

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

okay legal moment, staying serious for exactly one second:

Copyright (c) 2017-2024 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 the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (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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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 no cap, that was every option, every value, every word of the legal bit. nothing skipped, nothing invented. we ate. periodt. 💅

this little legend dropped as part of gcc-14.4.0, dated 2026-06-26. bye bestie, go dump some LTO object files 🦋✨