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gprof – display call graph profile data Synopsisgprof [ -[abcDhilLrsTvwxyz] ] [ -[ACeEfFJnNOpPqQZ][name] ]  [ -I dirs ] [ -d[num] ] [ -k from/to ]  [ -m min-count ] [ -R map_file ] [ -t table-length ]  [ –[no-]annotated-source[=name] ]  [ –[no-]exec-counts[=name] ]  [ –[no-]flat-profile[=name] ] [ –[no-]graph[=name] ]  [ –[no-]time=name] [ –all-lines ] [ –brief ]  [ –debug[=level] ] [ –function-ordering ]  [ –file-ordering map_file ] [ –directory-path=dirs ]  [ –display-unused-functions ] [ –file-format=name ]  [ –file-info ] [ –help ] [ –line ] [ –inline-file-names ]  [ –min-count=n ] [ –no-static ] [ –print-path ]  [ –separate-files ] [ –static-call-graph ] [ –sum ]  [ –table-length=len ] [ –traditional ] [ –version ]  [ –width=n ] [ –ignore-non-functions ]  [ –demangle[=STYLE] ] [ –no-demangle ]  [–external-symbol-table=name]  [ image-file ] [ profile-file … ] Description"gprof" produces an execution profile of C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programs. The effect of called routines is incorporated in the profile of each caller….

gcov – coverage testing tool Synopsisgcov [-v|–version] [-h|–help]   [-a|–all-blocks]   [-b|–branch-probabilities]   [-c|–branch-counts]   [-u|–unconditional-branches]   [-n|–no-output]   [-l|–long-file-names]   [-p|–preserve-paths]   [-r|–relative-only]   [-f|–function-summaries]   [-o|–object-directory directory|file]   [-s|–source-prefix directory]   [-d|–display-progress]   files Descriptiongcov is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GCC to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running code and to discover untested parts of your program. You can…

gcc – GNU project C and C++ compiler Synopsisgcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard]  [-g] [-pg] [-Olevel]  [-Wwarn…] [-Wpedantic]  [-Idir…] [-Ldir…]  [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-foption…] [-mmachine-option…]  [-o outfile] [@file] infile… Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. g++ accepts mostly the same options as gcc. DescriptionWhen you invoke GCC, it normally does preprocessing, compilation, assembly and linking. The “overall options” allow you…

elfedit – Update the ELF header of ELF files. Synopsiselfedit [–input-mach=machine]   [–input-type=type]   [–input-osabi=osabi]   –output-mach=machine   –output-type=type   –output-osabi=osabi   [-v|–version]   [-h|–help]   elffile… Descriptionelfedit updates the ELF header of ELF files which have the matching ELF machine and file types. The options control how and which fields in the ELF header should be updated. elffile… are the ELF files…

dlltool – Create files needed to build and use DLLs. Synopsisdlltool [-d|–input-def def-file-name]   [-b|–base-file base-file-name]   [-e|–output-exp exports-file-name]   [-z|–output-def def-file-name]   [-l|–output-lib library-file-name]   [-y|–output-delaylib library-file-name]   [–export-all-symbols] [–no-export-all-symbols]   [–exclude-symbols list]   [–no-default-excludes]   [-S|–as path-to-assembler] [-f|–as-flags options]   [-D|–dllname name] [-m|–machine machine]   [-a|–add-indirect]   [-U|–add-underscore] [–add-stdcall-underscore]   [-k|–kill-at] [-A|–add-stdcall-alias]   [-p|–ext-prefix-alias prefix]   [-x|–no-idata4] [-c|–no-idata5]   [–use-nul-prefixed-import-tables]   [-I|–identify library-file-name] [–identify-strict]   [-i|–interwork]   [-n|–nodelete] [-t|–temp-prefix prefix]   [-v|–verbose]   [-h|–help] [-V|–version]   [–no-leading-underscore] [–leading-underscore]   [object-file …] Descriptiondlltool reads its inputs, which can come from the -d and -b options as well as object files…

cpp – The C Preprocessor Synopsiscpp [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-Idir…] [-iquotedir…]  [-Wwarn…]  [-M|-MM] [-MG] [-MF filename]  [-MP] [-MQ target…]  [-MT target…]  [-P] [-fno-working-directory]  [-x language] [-std=standard]  infile outfile Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. DescriptionThe C preprocessor, often known as cpp, is a macro processor that is used automatically by the C compiler to transform your program before compilation. It…

c++filt – Demangle C++ and Java symbols. Synopsisc++filt [-_|–strip-underscore]   [-n|–no-strip-underscore]   [-p|–no-params]   [-t|–types]   [-i|–no-verbose]   [-s format|–format=format]   [–help]  [–version]  [symbol…] DescriptionThe C++ and Java languages provide function overloading, which means that you can write many functions with the same name, providing that each function takes parameters of different types. In order to be able to distinguish these similarly named functions…

AS – the portable GNU assembler. Synopsisas [-a[cdghlns][=file]] [–alternate] [-D]  [–compress-debug-sections]  [–nocompress-debug-sections]  [–debug-prefix-map old=new]  [–defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [–gstabs]  [–gstabs+] [–gdwarf-2] [–gdwarf-sections]  [–help] [-I dir] [-J]  [-K] [-L] [–listing-lhs-width=NUM]  [–listing-lhs-width2=NUM] [–listing-rhs-width=NUM]  [–listing-cont-lines=NUM] [–keep-locals]  [-o objfile] [-R]  [–hash-size=NUM] [–reduce-memory-overheads]  [–statistics]  [-v] [-version] [–version]  [-W] [–warn] [–fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x]  [-Z] [@FILE]  [–sectname-subst] [–size-check=[error|warning]]  [–target-help] [target-options]  [—|files …] Target AArch64 options: [-EB|-EL] [-mabi=ABI] Target Alpha options: [-mcpu] [-mdebug | -no-mdebug] [-replace | -noreplace] [-relax] [-g] [-Gsize] [-F] [-32addr] Target ARC options: [-mcpu=cpu] [-mA6|-mARC600|-mARC601|-mA7|-mARC700|-mEM|-mHS] [-mcode-density] [-EB|-EL] Target ARM options: [-mcpu=processor[+extension…]] [-march=architecture[+extension…]] [-mfpu=floating-point-format] [-mfloat-abi=abi] [-meabi=ver]…

ar – create, modify, and extract from archives Synopsisar [-X32_64] [–]p[mod] [–plugin name] [–target bfdname] [relpos] [count] archive [member…] DescriptionThe GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called…

addr2line – convert addresses into file names and line numbers. Synopsisaddr2line [-a|–addresses]     [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname]     [-C|–demangle[=style]]     [-e filename|–exe=filename]     [-f|–functions] [-s|–basename]     [-i|–inlines]     [-p|–pretty-print]     [-j|–section=name]     [-H|–help] [-V|–version]     [addr addr …] Descriptionaddr2line translates addresses into file names and line numbers. Given an address in an executable or an offset in a section of a relocatable object, it uses the debugging information to figure…

crontab – maintain crontab files for individual users (Vixie Cron) Synopsiscrontab [ -u user ] file crontab [ -u user ] [ -i ] { -e | -l | -r } Descriptioncrontab is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron(8) daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can…

crmgr – administration utility for QDBM Curia Synopsiscrmgr create [-s] [-bnum num ] [-dnum num] name crmgr put [-kx|-ki] [-vx|-vi|-vf] [-keep|-cat] [-lob] [-na] name key val crmgr out [-kx|-ki] [-lob] name key crmgr get [-nl] [-kx|-ki] [-start num] [-max num] [-ox] [-lob] [-n] name key crmgr list [-nl] [-k|-v] [-ox] name crmgr optimize [-bnum num]…

crlutil – List, generate, modify, or delete CRLs within the NSS security database file(s) and list, create, modify or delete certificates entries in a particular CRL. Synopsis crlutil [options] [[arguments]]StatusThis documentation is still work in progress. Please contribute to the initial review in m[blue]Mozilla NSS bug 836477m[][1] DescriptionThe Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Management Tool, crlutil,…

crlupdate – Mono Certficate Revocation List Downloader and Updater Synopsiscrlupdate [-m] [-v] [-f] DescriptionThis tool allows the download of new, or update of existing, Certficate Revocation List (CRL) associated with the certificates present in the user (default) or machine stores. The CRL present in the stores are used to determine the validity of unexpired, trusted…

createuser – define a new PostgreSQL user account Synopsis createuser [connection-option…] [option…] [username]Descriptioncreateuser creates a new PostgreSQL user (or more precisely, a role). Only superusers and users with CREATEROLE privilege can create new users, so createuser must be invoked by someone who can connect as a superuser or a user with CREATEROLE privilege. If you…

createlang – install a PostgreSQL procedural language Synopsis createlang [connection-option…] langname [dbname] createlang [connection-option…] –list | -l [dbname]Descriptioncreatelang is a utility for adding a procedural language to a PostgreSQL database. createlang is just a wrapper around the CREATE EXTENSION (CREATE_EXTENSION(7)) SQL command. Caution createlang is deprecated and may be removed in a future PostgreSQL release….

createhdf – Create a blank IDE hard disk image in .hdf format Synopsiscreatehdf [ -c ] [ -s ] cylinders heads sectors file Descriptioncreatehdf creates a blank image of an IDE hard disk in .hdf format for use with Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulators. Options-c specifies that the .hdf image should be created in `compact’ mode,…

createdb – create a new PostgreSQL database Synopsis createdb [connection-option…] [option…] [dbname [description]]Descriptioncreatedb creates a new PostgreSQL database. Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner of the new database. However, a different owner can be specified via the -O option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges. createdb is a wrapper around…

create_makefiles – Recreates all Makefiles beneath a directory Synopsis create_makefiles [dir] Descriptioncreate_makefiles recreates all Makefiles in dir and its (recursed) subdirectories from the corresponding Makefile.am templates. This script must be run from the toplevel directory (the one containing configure). This script saves time compared to re-running configure completely. If the source directory is different from…

create_makefile – Creates Makefile.in and Makefile from a Makefile.am Synopsis create_makefile [relativepath/Makefile] [relativepath]Descriptioncreate_makefile creates the Makefile.in and Makefile in a subdirectory containing a Makefile.am. This script saves time compared to re-running configure completely Note that you must supply the path to the desired MakefileMakefile.am (though the final /Makefile may be omitted). This script may be…