.Dd October 22, 1993
.Dt LDD 1
.Os FreeBSD 1.1
.Sh NAME
.Nm ldd
.Nd list dynamic object dependencies
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ldd
.Op Ar filename Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm ldd
displays all shared objects that are needed to run the given program.
Contrary to nm(1), the list includes
.Dq indirect
depedencies that are the result of needed shared objects which themselves
depend on yet other shared objects.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ld 1 ,
.Xr ld.so 1 ,
.Xr nm 1
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm ldd
utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current form
in FreeBSD 1.1.