Information

[-H | -h]

IAS displays a short description of all the command-line options. IAS then terminates. All other command-line options are ignored.
Default: Option descriptions are not displayed.
Example: ias -h

-N so

IAS does not place the sign-on message with information about IAS in the generated diagnostics file or display it on the screen.
Default: Sign-on appears in the diagnostics file or on the screen.
Example: ias -N so my_file.s

-Q y

AS adds the sign-on message containing information about IAS to the .comment section of the object file.
Default: In ELF format the message is written, and in COFF format it is not written.
Example: ias -Q y my_file.s

-S nops

IAS displays several figures:

• the number of nops it inserted into the code during assembly

• the number of instructions before assembly

• the percentage of nops of the total number of instructions

Default: Numbers are not displayed.
Example: ias my_file.s -S nops

-v

IAS prints IAS version information. Lists all libraries.
Default: The version information is not printed.
Example: ias my_file.s -v

-V

Prints the signon message, which is the default. Kept for backward compatibility.