~% wc -c `which ed nvi vi emacs xemacs` 39544 /bin/ed 324056 /usr/bin/nvi 1395352 /usr/bin/vi 4416564 /usr/bin/emacs 2054552 /usr/bin/xemacs ~% for i in `which ed nvi vi emacs xemacs`; do; echo -n $i": " && ldd $i | wc -l; done /bin/ed: 2 /usr/bin/nvi: 3 /usr/bin/vi: 31 /usr/bin/emacs: 18 /usr/bin/xemacs: 29