LTO-DUMP(1)

💖 LTO-DUMP 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to lto-dump(1) from the GNU fam — this is the little tool that peers inside your LTO object files and tells you everything 👀✨

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✨ NAME ✨

lto-dump — the tool for dumping LTO object files 🎀

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🌸 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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So lto-dump is literally the tool you run alongside GCC when you wanna dump link time optimization object files. that's it, that's the vibe. 💅

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per flag, no skips, we're doing all of them, periodt:

• -list — dumps the list of details for functions and variables 📝
• -demangle — dumps the demangled output (readable names, slay) ✨
• -defined-only — only the defined symbols make it through, sorry to the rest 🚪
• -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 rearranging, we respect the timeline 🕰️
• -symbol= — dumps the details of one specific symbol 🎯
• -objects — dumps the details of the 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= — for deciding the optimization level of body 🎚️
• -dump-body= — dumps the specific gimple body 🫀
• -help — displays the dump tool help 🆘

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

okay legal bestie moment, we gotta say it exactly:

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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remember bestie: the vibes are new but every fact stayed exactly the same 💖 no cap.

k bye, this was gcc-14, dated 2026-07-24, and it's giving iconic GNU manual energy 👑🦋💅