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# objdump

    objdump [ -a | --archive-headers ]
            [ -b bfdname | --target=bfdname ] [ --debugging ]
            [ -d | --disassemble ]  [ -D | --disassemble-all ]
            [ -EB | -EL | --endian={big | little } ]
            [ -f | --file-headers ]
            [ -h | --section-headers | --headers ]  [ -i | --info ]
            [ -j section | --section=section ]
            [ -l | --line-numbers ] [ -S | --source ]
            [ -m machine | --architecture=machine ]
            [ -r | --reloc ] [ -R | --dynamic-reloc ]
            [ -s | --full-contents ]  [ --stabs ]
            [ -t | --syms ] [ -T | --dynamic-syms ] [ -x | --all-headers ]
            [ -w | --wide ] [ --start-address=address ]
            [ --stop-address=address ] [ --show-raw-insn ]
            [ --version ]  [ --help ]
            objfile...

`objdump` displays information about one or more object files. The options control what particular information to display. This information is mostly useful to programmers who are working on the compilation tools, as opposed to programmers who just want their program to compile and work.

objfile... are the object files to be examined. When you specify archives, `objdump` shows information on each of the member object files.

The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are equivalent. At least one option besides ``-l'` must be given.

`-a`
`--archive-header`
  If any of the objfile files are archives, display the archive header information (in a format similar to ``ls -l'`). Besides the information you could list with ``ar tv'`, ``objdump -a'` shows the object file format of each archive member.
`-b bfdname`
`--target=bfdname`
  Specify that the object-code format for the object files is bfdname. This option may not be necessary; objdump can automatically recognize many formats. For example,

      objdump -b oasys -m vax -h fu.o

  displays summary information from the section headers (``-h'`) of ``fu.o'`, which is explicitly identified (``-m'`) as a VAX object file in the format produced by Oasys compilers. You can list the formats available with the ``-i'` option. See section Target Selection, for more information.
`--debugging`
  Display debugging information. This attempts to parse debugging information stored in the file and print it out using a C like syntax. Only certain types of debugging information have been implemented.
`-d`
`--disassemble`
  Display the assembler mnemonics for the machine instructions from objfile. This option only disassembles those sections which are expected to contain instructions.
`-D`
`--disassemble-all`
  Like ``-d'`, but disassemble the contents of all sections, not just those expected to contain instructions.
`-EB`
`-EL`
`--endian={big|little}`
  Specify the endianness of the object files. This only affects disassembly. This can be useful when disassembling a file format which does not describe endianness information, such as S-records.
`-f`
`--file-header`
  Display summary information from the overall header of each of the objfile files.
`-h`
`--section-header`
`--header`
  Display summary information from the section headers of the object file. File segments may be relocated to nonstandard addresses, for example by using the ``-Ttext'`, ``-Tdata'`, or ``-Tbss'` options to `ld`. However, some object file formats, such as a.out, do not store the starting address of the file segments. In those situations, although `ld` relocates the sections correctly, using ``objdump -h'` to list the file section headers cannot show the correct addresses. Instead, it shows the usual addresses, which are implicit for the target.
`--help`
  Print a summary of the options to `objdump` and exit.
`-i`
`--info`
  Display a list showing all architectures and object formats available for specification with ``-b'` or ``-m'`.
`-j name`
`--section=name`
  Display information only for section name.
`-l`
`--line-numbers`
  Label the display (using debugging information) with the filename and source line numbers corresponding to the object code or relocs shown. Only useful with ``-d'`, ``-D'`, or ``-r'`.
`-m machine`
`--architecture=machine`
  Specify the architecture to use when disassembling object files. This can be useful when disasembling object files which do not describe architecture information, such as S-records. You can list the available architectures with the ``-i'` option.
`-r`
`--reloc`
  Print the relocation entries of the file. If used with ``-d'` or ``-D'`, the relocations are printed interspersed with the disassembly.
`-R`
`--dynamic-reloc`
  Print the dynamic relocation entries of the file. This is only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared libraries.
`-s`
`--full-contents`
  Display the full contents of any sections requested.
`-S`
`--source`
  Display source code intermixed with disassembly, if possible. Implies ``-d'`.
`--show-raw-insn`
  When disassembling instructions, print the instruction in hex as well as in symbolic form. Not all targets handle this correctly yet.
`--stabs`
  Display the full contents of any sections requested. Display the contents of the .stab and .stab.index and .stab.excl sections from an ELF file. This is only useful on systems (such as Solaris 2.0) in which `.stab` debugging symbol-table entries are carried in an ELF section. In most other file formats, debugging symbol-table entries are interleaved with linkage symbols, and are visible in the ``--syms'` output. For more information on stabs symbols, see section `Stabs Overview' in The "stabs" debug format.
`--start-address=address`
  Start displaying data at the specified address. This affects the output of the `-d`, `-r` and `-s` options.
`--stop-address=address`
  Stop displaying data at the specified address. This affects the output of the `-d`, `-r` and `-s` options.
`-t`
`--syms`
  Print the symbol table entries of the file. This is similar to the information provided by the ``nm'` program.
`-T`
`--dynamic-syms`
  Print the dynamic symbol table entries of the file. This is only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared libraries. This is similar to the information provided by the ``nm'` program when given the ``-D'` (``--dynamic'`) option.
`--version`
  Print the version number of `objdump` and exit.
`-x`
`--all-header`
  Display all available header information, including the symbol table and relocation entries. Using ``-x'` is equivalent to specifying all of ``-a -f -h -r -t'`.
`-w`
`--wide`
  Format some lines for output devices that have more than 80 columns.

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