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Commands

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-r, --function-relocs

Process relocations for both data objects and functions.

Report any that are missing (for ELF objects only).

-v, --verbose

Verbose mode. Display extra information, including symbol

versions.

--help

Print help message, then exit.

--version

Display the linker’s version, then exit.

less

less [options] [filename]

less is a program for paging through files or other output. It was

written in reaction to the perceived primitiveness of more (hence its

name). Some commands may be preceded by a number.

Options

-[z]num, --window=num

Set number of lines to scroll to num. Default is one screenful.

A negative num sets the number to num lines less than the

current number.

+[+]command

Run command on startup. If command is a number, jump to

that line. The option ++ applies this command to each file in

the command-line list.

-?, --help

Print help screen. Ignore all other options; do not page

through file.

-a, --search-screen

When searching, begin after last line displayed. (Default is to

search from second line displayed.)

-bbuffers, --buffers=buffers

Use this many buffers for each file (default is 10). Buffers are 1

KB in size.

-c, --clear-screen

Redraw screen from top, not bottom.

-d, --dumb

Suppress dumb-terminal error messages.

-e, --quit-at-eof

Automatically exit after reaching ...