/bin/echo on debian sid (x86): 13 .text 000028dc 08048b90 08048b90 00000b90 24 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE /bin/cat on

/bin/echo on debian sid (x86): 13 .text 000028dc 08048b90 08048b90 00000b90 24 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE /bin/cat on debian sid (x86): 13 .text 0000775c 080491b0 080491b0 000011b0 24 CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE That's 12kb and 32kb, respectively. It may have been a lot back in the day, but it's plenty small enough on today's systems.