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EU-READELF(1)		     General Commands Manual		   EU-READELF(1)

NAME
     eu-readelf - Displays information about ELF files.

SYNOPSIS
     eu-readelf [-a|--all]
	     [-h|--file-header]
	     [-l|--program-headers|--segments]
	     [-S|--section-headers|--sections]
	     [-g|--section-groups]
	     [-e|--exception]
	     [-s|--symbols] [section name] ]
	     [--dyn-syms]
	     [-n|--notes [section name] ]
	     [-r|--relocs]
	     [-d|--dynamic]
	     [-V|--version-info]
	     [-A|--arch-specific]
	     [-x <number or name>|--hex-dump=<number or name>]
	     [-p <number or name>|--string-dump=<number or name>]
	     [-z|--decompress]
	     [-c|--archive-index]
	     [--dwarf-skeleton <file> ]
	     [--elf-section [section] ]
	     [-w|
	      --debug-dump[=line,=decodedline,=info,=info+,=abbrev,=pub-
     names,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=str,=loc,=ranges,=gdb_index,=addr]]
	     [-I|--histogram]
	     [-v|--version]
	     [-W|--wide]
	     [-H|--help]
	     elffile...

DESCRIPTION
     eu-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 equiv-
     alent.  At least one option in addition to -v or -H must be given.

   ELF Input Selection
     --dwarf-skeleton <file>
	 Used with -w to find the skeleton Compile Units in FILE associated with
	 the Split Compile units in a .dwo input file.

     --elf-section [section]
	 Use the named SECTION (default .gnu_debugdata) as (compressed) ELF  in-
	 put data

   ELF Output Selection
     -a
     --all
	 Equivalent  to specifying --file-header, --program-headers, --sections,
	 --symbols, --relocs, --dynamic,  --notes,  --version-info,  --arch-spe-
	 cific, --section-groups and --histogram.

     -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.

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

     -s
     --symbols [section name]
	 Displays  the	entries  in  symbol table section of the file, if it has
	 one.  If a symbol has version information associated with it then  this
	 is  displayed	as well.  The version string is displayed as a suffix to
	 the symbol name, preceded by an @ character.	For  example  foo@VER_1.
	 If  the version is the default version to be used when resolving unver-
	 sioned references to the symbol then it is displayed as a  suffix  pre-
	 ceded by two @ characters.  For example foo@@VER_2.

     --dyn-syms
	 Display (only) the dynamic symbol table.

     -e
     --exception
	 Display sections for exception handling.

     -n
     --notes [section name]
	 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.

     -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 ex-
	 ist.

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

   Additional output selection
     -x <name>
     --hex-dump=<name>
	 Displays  the	contents  of the indicated section name as a hexadecimal
	 bytes.

     -w
     --debug-dump[=decodedline,=info,=info+,=abbrev,=pub-
     names,=aranges,=macro,=frames,=str,=loc,=ranges,=gdb_index,=addr]
	 Displays the contents of the DWARF debug sections in the file,  if  any
	 are  present.	Compressed debug sections are automatically decompressed
	 (temporarily) before they are displayed.  If one or  more  of	the  op-
	 tional  letters  or words follows the switch then only those type(s) of
	 data will be dumped.  The letters and words refer to the following  in-
	 formation:
	 "=abbrev"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_abbrev section.
	 "=addr"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_addr section.
	 "=frames"
	     Display the raw contents of a .debug_frame section.
	 "=gdb_index"
	     Displays  the  contents  of the .gdb_index and/or .debug_names sec-
	     tions.
	 "=info"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_info section.
	 "=info+"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_info section, plus any skeleton
	     unit will be immediately followed by the corresponding  split  com-
	     pile  unit  (from	the  .dwo file).  To show the difference between
	     "regular" CUs and split CUs print offsets and references between  {
	     and } instead of [ and ].
	 "=decodedline"
	     Displays the interpreted contents of the .debug_line section.
	 "=macro"
	     Displays  the  contents  of  the .debug_macro and/or .debug_macinfo
	     sections.
	 "=loc"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_loc and/or .debug_loclists sec-
	     tions.
	 "=pubnames"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_pubnames and/or .debug_gnu_pub-
	     names sections.
	 "=aranges"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_aranges section.
	 "=ranges"
	     Displays the contents of the .debug_ranges  and/or  .debug_rnglists
	     sections.
	 "=str"
	     Displays  the  contents  of  the .debug_str, .debug_line_str and/or
	     .debug_str_offsets sections.

	     Note: displaying the contents of  .debug_static_funcs,  .debug_sta-
	     tic_vars and debug_weaknames sections is not currently supported.
	 -p <number or name>
	 --string-dump=<number or name>
	     Displays  the  contents  of  the  indicated  section  as  printable
	     strings.  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.

	 -c
	 --archive-index
	     Displays the file symbol index information contained in the  header
	     part  of binary archives.	Performs the same function as the t com-
	     mand to ar, but without using the BFD library.

   Output control
     -z
     --decompress
	 Requests that the section(s) being dumped by x, R or p options are  de-
	 compressed  before  being  displayed.	 If  the section(s) are not com-
	 pressed then they are displayed as is.

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

     -W
     --wide
	 Ignored for compatibility (lines always wide).

     -H
     --help
	 Display the command line options understood by eu-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  character
	 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 included  with  a  backslash.
	 The  file may itself contain additional @file options; any such options
	 will be processed recursively.

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

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 1991-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc.

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
     the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or  any  later
     version  published  by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sec-
     tions, 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 Li-
     cense".

elfutils			   2019-Aug-20			   EU-READELF(1)

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