The GNU Binary Utilities

Version 2.9.4

May 1993

This brief manual contains preliminary documentation for the GNU binary utilities (collectively version 2.9.4):

ar

Create, modify, and extract from archives

nm

List symbols from object files

objcopy

Copy and translate object files

objdump

Display information from object files

ranlib

Generate index to archive contents

readelf

Display the contents of ELF format files.

size

List file section sizes and total size

strings

List printable strings from files

strip

Discard symbols

c++filt

Demangle encoded C++ symbols

addr2line

Convert addresses into file names and line numbers

nlmconv

Convert object code into a Netware Loadable Module

windres

Manipulate Windows resources

dlltool

Create the files needed to build and use Dynamic Link Libraries

• ar: Create, modify, and extract from archives
• nm: List symbols from object files
• objcopy: Copy and translate object files
• objdump: Display information from object files
• ranlib: Generate index to archive contents
• readelf: Display the contents of ELF format files.
• size: List section sizes and total size
• strings: List printable strings from files
• strip: Discard symbols
• c++filt: Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols
• addr2line: Convert addresses to file and line
• nlmconv: Converts object code into an NLM
• windres: Manipulate Windows resources
• dlltool: Create files needed to build and use DLLs
• Selecting The Target System: How these utilities determine the target.
• Reporting Bugs: Reporting Bugs
• Index: Index

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