How to sort the symbol table (generated by "objdump -t") sequentially by address?

Question

I would like to see at one glance which variables are placed next to each other in memory. If I generate a symbol table by using objdump -t I get the symbol table, however sorted seemingly randomly.

SYMBOL TABLE:
00100584 l     F .text  00000000 deregister_tm_clones
001005a8 l     F .text  00000000 register_tm_clones
001005d4 l     F .text  00000000 __do_global_dtors_aux
0019c020 l       .bss   00000001 completed.10177
0019c00c l     O .fini_array    00000000 __do_global_dtors_aux_fini_array_entry
00100604 l     F .text  00000000 frame_dummy
0019c024 l       .bss   00000018 object.10182
0019c008 l     O .init_array    00000000 __frame_dummy_init_array_entry
00000000 l    df *ABS*  00000000 tcp_server_test.c
0019c03c l       .bss   00000004 xServerWorkTaskHandle
001006a4 l     F .text  00000098 prvServerWorkTask
0019c040 l       .bss   00000008 xMyTelnet
...

Is there a way to get it sorted by address (first column) in upcounting manner?

It would be great if there was a switch that could be added to objdump -t to get the desired output. I looked through the documentation and did not find anything like that, but maybe I overlooked something?

Another approach could be to write a python script that resorts it, but I would like to avoid that if possible.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the universal tool "sort" to sort the output of "objdump".

Please read its documentation for options. Without any option, it simply sorts on the first column.

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For the no-yet-enlightened command line user...

You need to "pipe" the output of "objdump" as input into "sort" like this:

objdump -t my_module.o | sort