LTO-DUMP(1)

💅 LTO-DUMP(1) — the GNU girlie's guide 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to lto-dump, a GNU joint 💖 this is lto-dump(1) and she is serving link-time-optimization realness.

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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

no cap, that's the whole shape of her 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, lto-dump is the tool you pull up in conjunction with GCC to dump link time optimization object files. it's giving backstage pass to your LTO objects, fr fr 🔥

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

the way that every single one of these is a whole mood:

• -list — dumps you a list of details about the functions and variables. the receipts, basically ✨
• -demangle — dumps the output all demangled, so it actually reads like a human wrote it 💜
• -defined-only — only the defined symbols get dumped. undefined ones? not invited to the party 🙈
• -print-value — dumps the initial values of the variables. origin story content ⭐
• -name-sort — sorts the symbols alphabetically. so organized, so cutesy 🎀
• -size-sort — sorts the symbols by size. big ones, little ones, all of them 💅
• -reverse-sort — dumps the symbols in reverse order. going backwards is a vibe 🦋
• -no-sort — dumps the symbols in order of occurrence. just as they came, no editing 🌸
• -symbol= — dumps the details of a specific symbol. main character energy, one at a time 👑
• -objects — dumps the details of the LTO objects. the whole friend group 🌈
• -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. when in doubt, ask her 💖

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 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", with 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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real talk: that license text is legally binding, bestie. keep it, don't vibe-edit it 💀

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and that's the whole page!! this was gcc-16.2.1, dated 2026-08-19 — lto-dump(1), signing off 🎀✨ slay, hydrate, and go dump some objects 💖🦋