Section 1: user commands and tools
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] [–reduce-memory-overheads] [–statistics] [-v] [-version] [–version] [-W] [–warn] [–fatal-warnings] [-w] [-x] [-Z] [@FILE] [–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: [-marc[5|6|7|8]] [-EB|-EL] Target ARM options: [-mcpu=processor[+extension…]] [-march=architecture[+extension…]] [-mfpu=floating-point-format] [-mfloat-abi=abi] [-meabi=ver] [-mthumb] [-EB|-EL] [-mapcs-32|-mapcs-26|-mapcs-float| -mapcs-reentrant] [-mthumb-interwork] [-k]…
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…
strip – discard symbols and other data from object files Synopsisstrip [-F bfdname |–target=bfdname] [-I bfdname |–input-target=bfdname] [-O bfdname |–output-target=bfdname] [-s|–strip-all] [-S|-g|-d|–strip-debug] [–strip-dwo] [-K symbolname|–keep-symbol=symbolname] [-M|–merge-notes][–no-merge-notes] [-N symbolname |–strip-symbol=symbolname] [-w|–wildcard] [-x|–discard-all] [-X |–discard-locals] [-R sectionname |–remove-section=sectionname] [–keep-section=sectionpattern] [–remove-relocations=sectionpattern] [-o file] [-p|–preserve-dates] [-D|–enable-deterministic-archives] [-U|–disable-deterministic-archives] [–keep-section-symbols] [–keep-file-symbols] [–only-keep-debug] [-v |–verbose] [-V|–version] [–help] [–info] objfile… DescriptionGNU strip discards all symbols from object files objfile. The list of object files may include archives. At least…
strings – print the sequences of printable characters in files Synopsisstrings [-afovV] [–min-len] [-n min-len] [–bytes=min-len] [-t radix] [–radix=radix] [-e encoding] [–encoding=encoding] [-U method] [–unicode=method] [–] [–all] [–print-file-name] [-T bfdname] [–target=bfdname] [-w] [–include-all-whitespace] [-s] [–output-separator sep_string] [–help] [–version] file… DescriptionFor each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable character….
size – list section sizes and total size of binary files Synopsissize [-A|-B|-G|–format=compatibility] [–help] [-d|-o|-x|–radix=number] [–common] [-t|–totals] [–target=bfdname] [-V|–version] [objfile…] DescriptionThe GNU size utility lists the section sizes and the total size for each of the binary files objfile on its argument list. By default, one line of output is generated for each file or each…
readelf – display information about ELF files Synopsisreadelf [-a|–all] [-h|–file-header] [-l|–program-headers|–segments] [-S|–section-headers|–sections] [-g|–section-groups] [-t|–section-details] [-e|–headers] [-s|–syms|–symbols] [–dyn-syms|–lto-syms] [–sym-base=[0|8|10|16]] [–demangle=style|–no-demangle] [–quiet] [–recurse-limit|–no-recurse-limit] [-U method|–unicode=method] [-n|–notes] [-r|–relocs] [-u|–unwind] [-d|–dynamic] [-V|–version-info] [-A|–arch-specific] [-D|–use-dynamic] [-L|–lint|–enable-checks] [-x <number or name>|–hex-dump=<number or name>] [-p <number or name>|–string-dump=<number or name>] [-R <number or name>|–relocated-dump=<number or name>] [-z|–decompress] [-c|–archive-index] [-w[lLiaprmfFsoORtUuTgAck]| –debug-dump[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=str-offsets,=loc,=Ranges,=pubtypes,=trace_info,=trace_abbrev,=trace_aranges,=gdb_index,=addr,=cu_index,=links]] [-wK|–debug-dump=follow-links] [-wN|–debug-dump=no-follow-links] [-P|–process-links] [–dwarf-depth=n] [–dwarf-start=n] [–ctf=section]…
ranlib – generate an index to an archive Synopsisranlib [–plugin name] [-DhHvVt] archive Descriptionranlib generates an index to the contents of an archive and stores it in the archive. The index lists each symbol defined by a member of an archive that is a relocatable object file. You may use nm -s or nm –print-armap…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –abiflags ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –abiflags ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –abiflags ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –abiflags ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –abiflags ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –configdir ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
python-config – output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding Synopsispython-config [ –prefix ] [ –exec-prefix ] [ –includes ] [ –libs ] [ –cflags ] [ –ldflags ] [ –extension-suffix ] [ –configdir ] [ –help ] Descriptionpython-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can…
objdump – display information from object files Synopsisobjdump [-a|–archive-headers] [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname] [-C|–demangle[=style] ] [-d|–disassemble[=symbol]] [-D|–disassemble-all] [-z|–disassemble-zeroes] [-EB|-EL|–endian={big | little }] [-f|–file-headers] [-F|–file-offsets] [–file-start-context] [-g|–debugging] [-e|–debugging-tags] [-h|–section-headers|–headers] [-i|–info] [-j section|–section=section] [-l|–line-numbers] [-S|–source] [–source-comment[=text]] [-m machine|–architecture=machine] [-M options|–disassembler-options=options] [-p|–private-headers] [-P options|–private=options] [-r|–reloc] [-R|–dynamic-reloc] [-s|–full-contents] [-W[lLiaprmfFsoORtUuTgAck]| –dwarf[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=str-offsets,=loc,=Ranges,=pubtypes,=trace_info,=trace_abbrev,=trace_aranges,=gdb_index,=addr,=cu_index,=links]] [-WK|–dwarf=follow-links] [-WN|–dwarf=no-follow-links] [-L|–process-links] [–ctf=section] [-G|–stabs] [-t|–syms] [-T|–dynamic-syms] [-x|–all-headers] [-w|–wide] [–start-address=address] [–stop-address=address] [–no-addresses] [–prefix-addresses] [–[no-]show-raw-insn] [–adjust-vma=offset] [–dwarf-depth=n] [–dwarf-start=n] [–ctf-parent=section]…