Getting Information About Object Files

• dis disassembles an object file into machine instructions.

• dwarfdump lists headers, tables, and other selected parts of a DWARF-format object file or archive file.

• elfdump lists the contents (including the symbol table and header information) of an ELF-format object file.

• file provides descriptive information on the properties of a file.

• nm lists symbol table information.

• size prints the size of each section of an object file (some such sections are named text, data, and sbss).

• strip removes symbol table and relocation bits.

Disassembling Object Files with dis

Listing Parts of DWARF Object Files With dwarfdump

Listing Parts of ELF Object Files and Libraries with elfdump

Determining File Type with file

Listing Symbol Table Information: nm

Determining Section Sizes with size

Removing Symbol Table and Relocation Bits with strip