LDD(1) BSD General Commands Manual LDD(1)NAMEldd — list dynamic object dependencies
SYNOPSISldd [-v] [-f format] program ...
DESCRIPTION
The ldd utility displays all shared objects that are needed to run the
given program or to load the given shared object. Contrary to nm(1), the
list includes “indirect” dependencies that are the result of needed
shared objects which themselves depend on yet other shared objects.
Zero, one or two -f options may be given. The argument is a format
string passed to rtld(1) and allows customization of ldd's output. See
rtld(1) for a list of recognized conversion characters.
The -v option displays an verbose listing of the dynamic linking headers
encoded in the executable. See the source code and include files for the
definitive meaning of all the fields.
SEE ALSOld(1), nm(1), rtld(1)HISTORY
A ldd utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current
form in FreeBSD 1.1.
The -v support is based on code written by John Polstra ⟨jdp@polstra.com⟩
BSD October 22, 1993 BSD