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NAME
     radare2  --  Advanced command-line hexadecimal editor, disassembler and de-
     bugger

SYNOPSIS
     radare2 [-a arch] [-b bits] [-B baddr] [-c cmd] [-e k=v] [-i file]
	     [-I prefile] [-k kernel] [-m addr] [-p project] [-P patch]
	     [-r rarun2] [-R rr2rule] [-s addr] [-012AdDjwntLquvVxX] -|--|=|file

DESCRIPTION
     An advanced command-line hex editor, disassembler, and debugger,  providing
     interactive reverse engineering, scripting, and automation capabilities for
     binary analysis and vulnerability research.

     The alias 'r2' may be used as a shorthand for radare2.

     The options are:

     -- 	 Open radare2 on an empty file

     -		 Equivalent of 'r2 malloc://512'

     -0 	 Print	\x00  after  initialization and after every command exe-
		 cuted

     -1 	 Redirect stderr to stdout

     -2 	 Close stderr before starting RCore

     -a arch	 force asm.arch (x86, ppc, arm, mips, bf, java, ...)

     -A 	 run 'aaa' command before prompt or patch to analyze all  refer-
		 enced code. Use -AA to run aaaa

     -b bits	 force asm.bits (16, 32, 64)

     -B baddr	 Specify  the base address to be used when loading a new binary.
		 See 'e?bin.baddr'

     -c cmd	 Execute the given command before giving prompt

     -d 	 Start in debugger mode

     -D dbg.backend
		 Enable debug mode. Set cfg.debug=true

     -e k=v	 Set configuration  eval  variable  key=value.	For  example  -e
		 scr.color=false.  When  -e  is passed after -j, it will set the
		 script source to run instead of setting eval vars.

     -f 	 Blocksize = file size

     -j 	 Run QJS script if an argument is passed or enter the qjs  shell
		 if  no  file  is  specified.  You can evaluate expressions when
		 passing the -e flag after the -j.

     -i file	 Run script, lang program or radare2 plugin file. After the file
		 is loaded

     -I file	 Run script, lang program or radare2  plugin  file.  Before  the
		 file is loaded

     -k kernel	 Select kernel (asm.os) for syscall resolution

     -L 	 List loaded IO plugins.

     -LL	 List loaded core plugins.

     -m addr	 map file at given address

     -M 	 Disable demangling

     -n 	 Do not perform any analysis (r_bin). Just load the raw file

     -nn	 Only load the rbin structures (elf, mach0, ...)

     -N 	 Do  not  load user settings/projects from ~/.radare2rc, ~/.con-
		 fig/radare2/rc and the scripts  inside  ~/.config/radare2/rc.d/
		 directory.

     -NN	 Same  as  -N but also disables the automatic loading of plugins
		 on startup time

     -q 	 Quiet mode (no prompt) and  quit  after  running  the	commands
		 specified with -i or -c

     -qq	 Quit  before  showing the prompt. Right after all the -e -c and
		 -i arguments are evaluated.

     -Q 	 Same as q, but exiting without  freeing  RCore,  this	produces
		 leaks at exit time, but saves some precious ms to run the test-
		 suite in fast mode.

     -p prj	 Set project file

     -P file	 Apply	rapatch  file  and quit (see doc/rapatch.md for more de-
		 tails)

     -r rarun2	 Specify dbg.profile rarun2 profile to use when spawning a  pro-
		 gram for debugging

     -R rarun2-directive
		 Specify  custom  rarun2  directives  without having to create a
		 rarun2 profile

     -s addr	 Start seeking at this address

     -S 	 Enable sandboxed mode (same as -e cfg.sandbox=true)

     -t 	 Get binary information  and  analyze  binary  in  a  background
		 thread

     -T 	 Avoid computing the file hashes

     -u 	 Set bin.filter=false to load rbin info without filtering names

     -v 	 Show version information and exit (Use -qv to get just the ver-
		 sion number)

     -V 	 Show  radare2	library  versions  (prints  JSON format if -j is
		 used)

     -w 	 Open in write mode

     -h 	 Show help message

     -H 	 Show files and environment help

     -x 	 Open the file map without executable permissions

     -X 	 Same as -e bin.usextr=false, do not use extract plugins, useful
		 for dyldcache

SHELL
     Type '?' for help

VISUAL
     To enter visual mode use the 'V' command. Then press '?' for help

DEBUGGER
     In r2 the debugger commands are implemented under	the  'd'  command.  Type
     'd?' for help

     Useful debugger additions include:

     dts+	 Start recording reversible debugger session state.

     dtsc [label]
		 Create  a  checkpoint	from the current live state. Checkpoints
		 carry a stable id and may branch from the current checkpoint.

     dtsr id	 Restore a checkpoint by id and continue from that branch.

     dtsd id	 Delete a non-current leaf checkpoint.

     dtst dir / dtsf dir
		 Save and load the current debug session,  including  checkpoint
		 ids and parent links.

ENVIRONMENT
      R2_ARGS		 run  radare2  with defined arguments in environment and
     ignore cli ones
      R2_IGNVER 	load plugins ignoring the specified version.  (be  care-
     ful)
      R2_DEBUG		if defined, show error messages and crash signal
      R2_DEBUG_ASSERT=1 set a breakpoint when hitting an assert
      R2_MAGICPATH					     /Users/pancake/.lo-
     cal/share/radare2/share/radare2/4.5.0-git/magic
      R2_NOPLUGINS	do not load r2 shared plugins
      R2_PLUGINS_ORDER	plugin path order: e=env, h=home, s=system, c=config;  ?
     prints help
      R2_RCFILE 	~/.radare2rc (user preferences, batch script)
      R2_RDATAHOME	/usr/local FILE path to the current working file.

SEE ALSO
     r2r(1),  rahash2(1),  rafind2(1), rabin2(1), radiff2(1), rasm2(1), rax2(1),
     ravc2(1), ragg2(1), rarun2(1),

AUTHORS
     pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>

				  May 20, 2025			      RADARE2(1)

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