---
name: "binstats"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "binstats"
version: "1.08-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/binstats"
---

# binstats(1)

display statistics about programs and libraries

## NAME

binstats - display statistics about programs and libraries

## SYNOPSIS

**binstats** \[**-b**\[**inaries**\] =*bindirs*\] \[**-d**\[**ebug**\]\] \[**-s**\[**kip-debian**\] \[**-f**\[**ile**\] =*logfile*\] \[**-l**\[**ibraries**\] =*libdirs*\] \[**-m**\[**anuals**\] =*mandirs*\] \[**-p**\[**ath**\] =*path*\] \[**-t**\[**emp**\] =*tmpdir*\]

**binstats** **-h**\[**elp**\]

**binstats** **-v**\[**ersion**\]

## OPTIONS

- **-binaries** *bindirs*

  *bindirs* is a quoted list of whitespace delimited directories where programs should be searched for.

- **-debug**

  Store temporary files in the current directory and do not remove them when finished.

- **-skip-debian**

  Skip Debian tests that analyse installed packages even if this is a Debian system.

- **-file** *logfile*

  Output report to *logfile* instead of standard output.

- **-help**

  Display a usage summary and exit.

- **-libraries** *libdirs*

  *libdirs* is a quoted list of whitespace delimited directories where libraries should be searched for.

- **-manuals** *mandirs*

  *mandirs* is a quoted list of whitespace delimited directories where manpages should be searched for.

- **-path** *path*

  Use the specified *path* instead of the value of the environment variable **PATH**.

- **-temp** *tmpdir*

  Store temporary files in *tmpdir* instead of the value of the environment variable **TMPDIR**, if defined, or */tmp*.

- **-version**

  Output version information and exit.

## AUTHOR

Peter Chang \<Peter.Chang@nottingham.ac.uk\>. This manual page was originally written by Matej Vela \<vela@debian.org\>.