On Fri, Jul 05 at 12:14, Patrick Wigmore wrote: > On Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:37:35 +0100, Bob Dunlop wrote: > > nvi > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 27061 2048 256 29365 72b5 /usr/bin/nvi > > 442019 18688 144 460851 70833 /usr/lib64/libvi.so.0 > > 430302 17628 2552 450482 6dfb2 /lib64/libncursesw.so.6 > > This type of output was not something I was familiar with. I can see > that size(1) produces output in this format, given a list of object > files, but what method did you use to produce the list of files, > excluding common operating system libraries?
The command was simply "ldd /usr/bin/nvi" which shows the list of object dependencies, then cut and paste library names I'm interested in into the size command. As for how to locate an unknown command I don't know, in my case it's too many years of experience. Since you already know about apropos and it's limitations I can only suggest DuckDuckGo is your friend. Or https://unix.stackexchange.com/search is good for a lot of technical questions. -- Bob Dunlop -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-08-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
