> dir /opt/bin/bash # org version
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1520199 Dec 27 16:16 /opt/bin/bash*
>
> dir /opt/bin/bash # stripped version
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       482496 Jan 16 19:43 /opt/bin/bash*
>
>Now it is better. :-)

For the true size of an executable, may I suggest to use the size command.

$ size /bin/bash text data bss dec hex filename 279384 18664 6196 304244 4a474 /bin/bash

Villy

documented on: 2001.01.18 Thu 16:40:18