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| .IX Title "READELF.1 1" |
| .TH READELF.1 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-30" "GNU" |
| .UC |
| .SH "NAME" |
| readelf \- Displays information about \s-1ELF\s0 files. |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
| readelf [ \-a | \-\-all ] |
| [ \-h | \-\-file-header] |
| [ \-l | \-\-program-headers | \-\-segments] |
| [ \-S | \-\-section-headers | \-\-sections] |
| [ \-e | \-\-headers] |
| [ \-s | \-\-syms | \-\-symbols] |
| [ \-n | \-\-notes] |
| [ \-r | \-\-relocs] |
| [ \-u | \-\-unwind] |
| [ \-d | \-\-dynamic] |
| [ \-V | \-\-version-info] |
| [ \-D | \-\-use-dynamic] |
| [ \-x <number> | \-\-hex-dump=<number>] |
| [ \-w[liaprf] | \-\-debug-dump[=info,=line,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges,=frames]] |
| [ \-\-histogram] |
| [ \-v | \-\-version] |
| [ \-H | \-\-help] |
| \fIelffile\fR... |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
| \&\f(CW\*(C`readelf\*(C'\fR displays information about one or more \s-1ELF\s0 format object |
| files. The options control what particular information to display. |
| .PP |
| \&\fIelffile\fR... are the object files to be examined. At the |
| moment, \f(CW\*(C`readelf\*(C'\fR does not support examining archives, nor does it |
| support examing 64 bit \s-1ELF\s0 files. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .IX Header "OPTIONS" |
| The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are |
| equivalent. At least one option besides \fB\-v\fR or \fB\-H\fR must be |
| given. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-a" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--all" |
| Equivalent to specifiying \fB\*(--file-header\fR, |
| \&\fB\*(--program-headers\fR, \fB\*(--sections\fR, \fB\*(--symbols\fR, |
| \&\fB\*(--relocs\fR, \fB\*(--dynamic\fR, \fB\*(--notes\fR and |
| \&\fB\*(--version-info\fR. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-h\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-h" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-file\-header\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--file-header" |
| Displays the information contained in the \s-1ELF\s0 header at the start of the |
| file. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-l\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-l" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-program\-headers\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--program-headers" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-segments\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--segments" |
| Displays the information contained in the file's segment headers, if it |
| has any. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-S\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-S" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-sections\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--sections" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-section\-headers\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--section-headers" |
| Displays the information contained in the file's section headers, if it |
| has any. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-s\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-s" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-symbols\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--symbols" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-syms\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--syms" |
| Displays the entries in symbol table section of the file, if it has one. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-e\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-e" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-headers\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--headers" |
| Display all the headers in the file. Equivalent to \fB\-h \-l \-S\fR. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-n\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-n" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-notes\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--notes" |
| Displays the contents of the \s-1NOTE\s0 segment, if it exists. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-r\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-r" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-relocs\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--relocs" |
| Displays the contents of the file's relocation section, if it has one. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-u\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-u" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-unwind\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--unwind" |
| Displays the contents of the file's unwind section, if it has one. Only |
| the unwind sections for \s-1IA64\s0 \s-1ELF\s0 files are currently supported. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-d\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-d" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-dynamic\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--dynamic" |
| Displays the contents of the file's dynamic section, if it has one. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-V\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-V" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\-info\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--version-info" |
| Displays the contents of the version sections in the file, it they |
| exist. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-D\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-D" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-use\-dynamic\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--use-dynamic" |
| When displaying symbols, this option makes \f(CW\*(C`readelf\*(C'\fR use the |
| symbol table in the file's dynamic section, rather than the one in the |
| symbols section. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-x <number>\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-x <number>" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-hex\-dump=<number>\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--hex-dump=<number>" |
| Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal dump. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-w[liaprf]\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-w[liaprf]" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-debug\-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges,=frames]\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pubnames,=ranges,=frames]" |
| Displays the contents of the debug sections in the file, if any are |
| present. If one of the optional letters or words follows the switch |
| then only data found in those specific sections will be dumped. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-histogram\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--histogram" |
| Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the contents |
| of the symbol tables. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-v" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--version" |
| Display the version number of readelf. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-H\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-H" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--help" |
| Display the command line options understood by \f(CW\*(C`readelf\*(C'\fR. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .IX Header "SEE ALSO" |
| \&\fIobjdump\fR\|(1), and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR. |
| .SH "COPYRIGHT" |
| .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" |
| Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| .PP |
| Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
| under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 |
| or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; |
| with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no |
| Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the |
| section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R". |