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objdump -t /usr/bin/sort command shows no symbols

If I try objdump -t /usr/bin/sort command it says no symbols. But it seems to work on my programs. What is the reason for this? Answer The symbols of /usr/bin/sort has been removed, e.g. with the strip program – for most executables the symbol table is not needed (or only needed for debugging). Here is a bit more info.

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