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FWIW size of ed and cat on Slackware 12.1FWIW size of ed and cat on Slackware 12.1Posted Aug 27, 2008 5:26 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)In reply to: My cat is not bigger than my ed by nix Parent article: 21 of the Best Free Linux Text Editors (LinuxLinks)
me@mybox:~$ size $(which ed) text data bss dec hex filename 33862 1696 604 36162 8d42 /usr/bin/ed me@mybox:~$ size $(which cat) text data bss dec hex filename 15230 460 356 16046 3eae /usr/bin/cat Granted, size(1) will read through symlinks, and cat(1) in /usr/bin is symlinked to /bin/cat in Slackware 12.1.
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FWIW size of ed and cat on Slackware 12.1 Posted Aug 27, 2008 7:21 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
nix@loki 32 /home/nix% size $(which ed)
text data bss dec hex filename 39263 1696 604 41563 a25b /usr/bin/ed nix@loki 33 /home/nix% size $(which cat) text data bss dec hex filename 44371 1984 0 46355 b513 /usr/bin/cat nix@loki 34 /home/nix% cat --version cat (GNU coreutils) 6.12 [...]
I still have a little game of hunt-the-fat-cat to play.
(size -A, a GNU extension, gives a much more detailed breakdown.)
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