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NAME readelf – Displays information about ELF files. SYNOPSIS readelf [-a|–all]   [-h|–file-header]   [-l|–program-headers|–segments]   [-S|–section-headers|–sections]   [-g|–section-groups]   [-t|–section-details]   [-e|–headers]   [-s|–syms|–symbols]   [-n|–notes]   [-r|–relocs]   [-u|–unwind]   [-d|–dynamic]   [-V|–version-info]   [-A|–arch-specific]   [-D|–use-dynamic]   [-x <number or name>|–hex-dump=<number or name>]   [-p <number or name>|–string-dump=<number or name>]   [-c|–archive-index]   [-w[lLiaprmfFsoR]|    –debug-dump[=rawline,=decodedline,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]]   [-I|-histogram]   [-v|–version]   [-W|–wide]   [-H|–help]   elffile… DESCRIPTION readelf displays information about one or more ELF format object files….

NAME ranlib – generate index to archive. SYNOPSIS ranlib [-vVt] archive DESCRIPTION ranlib 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 to…

NAME objdump – display information from object files. SYNOPSIS objdump [-a|–archive-headers]   [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname]   [-C|–demangle[=style] ]   [-d|–disassemble]   [-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]   [-m machine|–architecture=machine]   [-M options|–disassembler-options=options]   [-p|–private-headers]   [-r|–reloc]   [-R|–dynamic-reloc]   [-s|–full-contents]   [-W|–dwarf]   [-G|–stabs]   [-t|–syms]   [-T|–dynamic-syms]   [-x|–all-headers]   [-w|–wide]   [–start-address=address]   [–stop-address=address]   [–prefix-addresses]   [–[no-]show-raw-insn]   [–adjust-vma=offset]   [–special-syms]   [-V|–version]   [-H|–help]   objfile… DESCRIPTION objdump displays information about…

NAME objcopy – copy and translate object files SYNOPSIS objcopy [-F bfdname|–target=bfdname]   [-I bfdname|–input-target=bfdname]   [-O bfdname|–output-target=bfdname]   [-B bfdarch|–binary-architecture=bfdarch]   [-S|–strip-all]   [-g|–strip-debug]   [-K symbolname|–keep-symbol=symbolname]   [-N symbolname|–strip-symbol=symbolname]   [–strip-unneeded-symbol=symbolname]   [-G symbolname|–keep-global-symbol=symbolname]   [–localize-hidden]   [-L symbolname|–localize-symbol=symbolname]   [–globalize-symbol=symbolname]   [-W symbolname|–weaken-symbol=symbolname]   [-w|–wildcard]   [-x|–discard-all]   [-X|–discard-locals]   [-b byte|–byte=byte]   [-i interleave|–interleave=interleave]   [-j sectionname|–only-section=sectionname]   [-R sectionname|–remove-section=sectionname]   [-p|–preserve-dates]   [–debugging]   [–gap-fill=val]   [–pad-to=address]   [–set-start=val]   [–adjust-start=incr]   [–change-addresses=incr]   [–change-section-address section{=,+,-}val]   [–change-section-lma section{=,+,-}val]   [–change-section-vma section{=,+,-}val]   [–change-warnings] [–no-change-warnings]   [–set-section-flags section=flags]   [–add-section sectionname=filename]   [–rename-section oldname=newname[,flags]]   [–change-leading-char] [–remove-leading-char]   [–reverse-bytes=num]   [–srec-len=ival] [–srec-forceS3]   [–redefine-sym old=new]   [–redefine-syms=filename]   [–weaken]   [–keep-symbols=filename]   [–strip-symbols=filename]   [–strip-unneeded-symbols=filename]…

NAME nm – list symbols from object files SYNOPSIS nm [-a|–debug-syms] [-g|–extern-only] [-B] [-C|–demangle[=style]] [-D|–dynamic] [-S|–print-size] [-s|–print-armap] [-A|-o|–print-file-name][–special-syms] [-n|-v|–numeric-sort] [-p|–no-sort] [-r|–reverse-sort] [–size-sort] [-u|–undefined-only] [-t radix|–radix=radix] [-P|–portability] [–target=bfdname] [-fformat|–format=format] [–defined-only] [-l|–line-numbers] [–no-demangle] [-V|–version] [-X 32_64] [–help]  [objfile…] DESCRIPTION GNU nm lists the symbols from object files objfile…. If no object files are listed as arguments, nm assumes the file a.out. For each symbol, nm shows: * The symbol value, in…

NAME ld – The GNU linker SYNOPSIS ld [options] objfile … DESCRIPTION ld combines a number of object and archive files, relocates their data and ties up symbol references. Usually the last step in compiling a program is to run ld. ld accepts Linker Command Language files written in a superset of AT&T‘s Link Editor…

NAME gprof – display call graph profile data SYNOPSIS gprof [ -[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 ] [ –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 ] [ 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…

NAME gcov – coverage testing tool SYNOPSIS gcov [-v|—version] [-h|—help]   [-b|—branch-probabilities] [-c|—branch-counts]   [-n|—no-output] [-l|—long-file-names]   [-f|—function-summaries]   [-o|—object-directory directory] sourcefile DESCRIPTION gcov is a test coverage program. Use it in concert with GCC to analyze your programs to help create more efficient, faster running code. You can use gcov as a profiling tool to help discover where your optimization efforts will…

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

NAME cpp – The C Preprocessor SYNOPSIS cpp [-Dmacro[=defn]…] [-Umacro]  [-Idir…] [-Wwarn…]  [-M|-MM] [-MG] [-MF filename]  [-MP] [-MQ target…] [-MT target…]  [-x language] [-std=standard]  infile outfile Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. DESCRIPTION The 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-underscores]   [-n|–no-strip-underscores]   [-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…

NAME AS – the portable GNU assembler. SYNOPSIS as [-a[cdghlns][=file]] [–alternate] [-D]  [–debug-prefix-map old=new]  [–defsym sym=val] [-f] [-g] [–gstabs]  [–gstabs+] [–gdwarf-2] [–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]  [–target-help] [target-options]  [—|files …] Target Alpha options: [-mcpu] [-mdebug | -no-mdebug] [-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] Target CRIS options: [–underscore | –no-underscore] [–pic] [-N] [–emulation=criself | –emulation=crisaout] [–march=v0_v10 | –march=v10 | –march=v32 | –march=common_v10_v32]…

NAME ar – create, modify, and extract from archives SYNOPSIS ar [-X32_64] [–]p[mod [relpos] [count]] archive [member…] DESCRIPTION The 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 members…

NAME addr2line – convert addresses into file names and line numbers. SYNOPSIS addr2line [-b bfdname|–target=bfdname]     [-C|–demangle[=style]]     [-e filename|–exe=filename]     [-f|–functions] [-s|–basename]     [-i|–inlines]     [-j|–section=name]     [-H|–help] [-V|–version]     [addr addr …] DESCRIPTION addr2line 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…

NAME msort – sort records in complex ways SYNOPSIS msort <options> [<input file>] DESCRIPTION msort is a program for sorting text files in sophisticated ways. It was developed initially for alphabetizing dictionaries of languages in which the ordering may be quite different from English but has many other uses. msort allows you to sort blocks…

NAME msmtp – An SMTP client SYNOPSIS Sendmail mode (default): msmtp [option…] [–] recipient… msmtp [option…] -t [–] [recipient…] Server information mode: msmtp [option…] –serverinfo Remote Message Queue Starting mode: msmtp [option…] –rmqs=host|@domain|#queue DESCRIPTION In the default sendmail mode, msmtp reads a mail from standard input and sends it to an SMTP server for delivery….

NAME msktutil – fetches and manages kerberos keytabs in an Active Directory environment SYNOPSIS msktutil [command 1] [command 2] [command 3] … DESCRIPTION msktutil is a Unix/Linux keytab client for Microsoft Active Directory environments. This program is capable of creating accounts in Active Directory, adding service principals to those accounts, and creating local keytab files…

NAME msiexec – Wine MSI Installer SYNOPSIS msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]… DESCRIPTION msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, which is command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart. INSTALL OPTIONS /i {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Install {package|productcode} with property=foobar. /a {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Install {package|productcode} in administrator (network) mode. /x {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Uninstall {package|productcode} with property=foobar. /uninstall {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Same as /x. REPAIR OPTIONS…

NAME msiexec – Wine MSI Installer SYNOPSIS msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]… DESCRIPTION msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, which is command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart. INSTALL OPTIONS /i {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Install {package|productcode} with property=foobar. /a {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Install {package|productcode} in administrator (network) mode. /x {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Uninstall {package|productcode} with property=foobar. /uninstall {package|productcode} [property=foobar] Same as /x. REPAIR OPTIONS…

Name mshowfat – shows FAT clusters allocated to file Note of warning This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools’s texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the end of this man page for details. Description The mshowfat command is used to display the FAT entries for a file. Syntax: mshowfat…