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newt size Command vs. Elf File Size

Q: I did a test build of blinky for nrf52 and got an elf-file of size 295424 bytes. If I use the newt size command for the application it says something like: 18764 bytes. What does this mean?

A: Elfs have a lot of extra information. newt size will show the are in flash that is used which better matches the blinky.elf.bin file. Try running newt -ldebug build -v <your-target> and you will see something like this:

arm-none-eabi-objcopy -R .bss -R .bss.core -R .bss.core.nz -O binary ...