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READELF(1)		     GNU Development Tools		    READELF(1)

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>]
	       [-w[liaprmfFsoR]|
		--debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pub-
       names,=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.
       The options control what	particular information to display.

       elffile...  are the object files	to be examined.	 32-bit	and 64-bit ELF
       files are supported, as are archives containing ELF files.

       This program performs a similar function	to objdump but	it  goes  into
       more detail and it exists independently of the BFD library, so if there
       is a bug	in BFD then readelf will not be	affected.

OPTIONS
       The  long  and  short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
       equivalent.  At least one option	besides	-v or -H must be given.

       -a
       --all
	   Equivalent to specifiying --file-header, --program-headers,	--sec-
	   tions, --symbols, --relocs, --dynamic, --notes and --version-info.

       -h
       --file-header
	   Displays  the  information contained	in the ELF header at the start
	   of the file.

       -l
       --program-headers
       --segments
	   Displays the	information contained in the file's  segment  headers,
	   if it has any.

       -S
       --sections
       --section-headers
	   Displays  the  information contained	in the file's section headers,
	   if it has any.

       -g
       --section-groups
	   Displays the	information contained in the file's section groups, if
	   it has any.

       -t
       --section-details
	   Displays the	detailed section information. Implies -S.

       -s
       --symbols
       --syms
	   Displays the	entries	in symbol table	section	of the file, if	it has
	   one.

       -e
       --headers
	   Display all the headers in the file.	 Equivalent to -h -l -S.

       -n
       --notes
	   Displays the	contents of the	NOTE segments and/or sections, if any.

       -r
       --relocs
	   Displays the	contents of the	file's relocation section, if  it  has
	   one.

       -u
       --unwind
	   Displays  the contents of the file's	unwind section,	if it has one.
	   Only	the unwind sections for	IA64  ELF  files  are  currently  sup-
	   ported.

       -d
       --dynamic
	   Displays the	contents of the	file's dynamic section,	if it has one.

       -V
       --version-info
	   Displays  the contents of the version sections in the file, it they
	   exist.

       -A
       --arch-specific
	   Displays architecture-specific information in the file, if there is
	   any.

       -D
       --use-dynamic
	   When	displaying symbols, this option	makes readelf use  the	symbol
	   table  in  the  file's  dynamic section, rather than	the one	in the
	   symbols section.

       -x <number or name>
       --hex-dump=<number or name>
	   Displays the	contents of the	indicated  section  as	a  hexadecimal
	   dump.   A  number  identifies  a particular section by index	in the
	   section table; any other string identifies all sections  with  that
	   name	in the object file.

       -w[liaprmfFsoR]
       --debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pub-
       names,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc,=Ranges]
	   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.

       -I
       --histogram
	   Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the con-
	   tents of the	symbol tables.

       -v
       --version
	   Display the version number of readelf.

       -W
       --wide
	   Don't break output lines to fit into	80 columns. By default readelf
	   breaks  section  header  and	 segment  listing lines	for 64-bit ELF
	   files, so that they fit into	80 columns. This option	causes readelf
	   to print each section header	resp. each segment one a single	 line,
	   which is far	more readable on terminals wider than 80 columns.

       -H
       --help
	   Display the command line options understood by readelf.

       @file
	   Read	command-line options from file.	 The options read are inserted
	   in  place of	the original @file option.  If file does not exist, or
	   cannot be read, then	the option will	be treated literally, and  not
	   removed.

	   Options  in file are	separated by whitespace.  A whitespace charac-
	   ter may be included in an option by surrounding the	entire	option
	   in  either  single  or  double  quotes.  Any	character (including a
	   backslash) may be included by prefixing the	character  to  be  in-
	   cluded  with	 a  backslash.	The file may itself contain additional
	   @file options; any such options will	be processed recursively.

SEE ALSO
       objdump(1), and the Info	entries	for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,  1996,  1997,  1998,	 1999,
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission  is  granted to copy,	distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU 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 "GNU
       Free Documentation License".

binutils-2.17			  2006-06-23			    READELF(1)

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