linux tool objdump

NAME
 objdump - display information from object files. 
  
SYNOPSIS
 
objdump [ 
-a| 
--archive-headers] 

         [ 
-b  
bfdname| 
--target= 
bfdname] 

         [ 
-C| 
--demangle[= 
style] ] 

         [ 
-d| 
--disassemble] 

         [ 
-D| 
--disassemble-all] 

         [ 
-z| 
--disassemble-zeroes] 

         [ 
-EB| 
-EL| 
--endian={big | little }] 

         [ 
-f| 
--file-headers] 

         [ 
--file-start-context] 

         [ 
-g| 
--debugging] 

         [ 
-h| 
--section-headers| 
--headers] 

         [ 
-i| 
--info] 

         [ 
-j  
section| 
--section= 
section] 

         [ 
-l| 
--line-numbers] 

         [ 
-S| 
--source] 

         [ 
-m  
machine| 
--architecture= 
machine] 

         [ 
-M  
options| 
--disassembler-options= 
options] 

         [ 
-p| 
--private-headers] 

         [ 
-r| 
--reloc] 

         [ 
-R| 
--dynamic-reloc] 

         [ 
-s| 
--full-contents] 

         [ 
-G| 
--stabs] 

         [ 
-t| 
--syms] 

         [ 
-T| 
--dynamic-syms] 

         [ 
-x| 
--all-headers] 

         [ 
-w| 
--wide] 

         [ 
--start-address= 
address] 

         [ 
--stop-address= 
address] 

         [ 
--prefix-addresses] 

         [ 
--[no-]show-raw-insn] 

         [ 
--adjust-vma= 
offset] 

         [ 
-V| 
--version] 

         [ 
-H| 
--help] 

          
objfile... 
  
DESCRIPTION
 
 
objdump displays information about one or more object files. The options control what particular information to display. This information is mostly useful to programmers who are working on the compilation tools, as opposed to programmers who just want their program to compile and work. 
objfile... are the object files to be examined. When you specify archives, objdump shows information on each of the member object files.   
OPTIONS
 
The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are equivalent. At least one option from the list 
-a,-d,-D,-f,-g,-G,-h,-H,-p,-r,-R,-S,-t,-T,-V,-x must be given. 
-a 
  
  
  
  --archive-header 
  
 If any of the 
  objfile files are archives, display the archive header information (in a format similar to 
  ls -l). Besides the information you could list with 
  ar tv, 
  objdump -a shows the object file format of each archive member. 
  
  
  --adjust-vma= 
  offset 
  
 When dumping information, first add 
  offset to all the section addresses. This is useful if the section addresses do not correspond to the symbol table, which can happen when putting sections at particular addresses when using a format which can not represent section addresses, such as a.out. 
  
  
  -b 
  bfdname 
  
  
  
  --target= 
  bfdname 
  
 Specify that the object-code format for the object files is 
  bfdname. This option may not be necessary; 
  objdump can automatically recognize many formats. 
  
For example, 
 
  
objdump -b oasys -m vax -h fu.o
 
  
displays summary information from the section headers (-h) of fu.o, which is explicitly identified (-m) as a VAX object file in the format produced by Oasys compilers. You can list the formats available with the -i option. 
 
  
  -C 
  
  
  
  --demangle[= 
  style 
  ] 
  
 Decode ( 
  demangle) low-level symbol names into user-level names. Besides removing any initial underscore prepended by the system, this makes C++ function names readable. Different compilers have different mangling styles. The optional demangling style argument can be used to choose an appropriate demangling style for your compiler. 
  
  
  -G 
  
  
  
  --debugging 
  
 Display debugging information. This attempts to parse debugging information stored in the file and print it out using a C like syntax. Only certain types of debugging information have been implemented. 
  
  
  -d 
  
  
  
  --disassemble 
  
 Display the assembler mnemonics for the machine instructions from 
  objfile. This option only disassembles those sections which are expected to contain instructions. 
  
  
  -D 
  
  
  
  --disassemble-all 
  
 Like 
  -d, but disassemble the contents of all sections, not just those expected to contain instructions. 
  
  
  --prefix-addresses 
  
 When disassembling, print the complete address on each line. This is the older disassembly format. 
  
  
  -EB 
  
  
  
  -EL 
  
  
  
  --endian={big|little} 
  
 Specify the endianness of the object files. This only affects disassembly. This can be useful when disassembling a file format which does not describe endianness information, such as S-records. 
  
  
  -f 
  
  
  
  --file-header 
  
 Display summary information from the overall header of each of the 
  objfile files. 
  
  
  --file-start-context 
  
 Specify that when displaying interlisted source code/disassembly (assumes 
  -S) from a file that has not yet been displayed, extend the context to the start of the file. 
  
  
  -h 
  
  
  
  --section-header 
  
  
  
  --header 
  
 Display summary information from the section headers of the object file. 
  
File segments may be relocated to nonstandard addresses, for example by using the -Ttext, -Tdata, or -Tbss options to ld. However, some object file formats, such as a.out, do not store the starting address of the file segments. In those situations, although ld relocates the sections correctly, using objdump -h to list the file section headers cannot show the correct addresses. Instead, it shows the usual addresses, which are implicit for the target. 
 
  
  --help 
  
 Print a summary of the options to 
  objdump and exit. 
  
  
  -i 
  
  
  
  --info 
  
 Display a list showing all architectures and object formats available for specification with 
  -b or 
  -m. 
  
  
  -j 
  name 
  
  
  
  --section= 
  name 
  
 Display information only for section 
  name. 
  
  
  -l 
  
  
  
  --line-numbers 
  
 Label the display (using debugging information) with the filename and source line numbers corresponding to the object code or relocs shown. Only useful with 
  -d, 
  -D, or 
  -r. 
  
  
  -m 
  machine 
  
  
  
  --architecture= 
  machine 
  
 Specify the architecture to use when disassembling object files. This can be useful when disassembling object files which do not describe architecture information, such as S-records. You can list the available architectures with the 
  -i option. 
  
  
  -M 
  options 
  
  
  
  --disassembler-options= 
  options 
  
 Pass target specific information to the disassembler. Only supported on some targets. 
  
If the target is an ARM architecture then this switch can be used to select which register name set is used during disassembler. Specifying -M reg-name-std (the default) will select the register names as used in ARM's instruction set documentation, but with register 13 called 'sp', register 14 called 'lr' and register 15 called 'pc'. Specifying -M reg-names-apcs will select the name set used by the ARM Procedure Call Standard, whilst specifying -M reg-names-raw will just use r followed by the register number. 
There are also two variants on the APCS register naming scheme enabled by  -M reg-names-atpcs and -M reg-names-special-atpcs which use the ARM/Thumb Procedure Call Standard naming conventions. (Either with the normal register name or the special register names). 
This option can also be used for ARM architectures to force the disassembler to interpret all instructions as Thumb instructions by using the switch --disassembler-options=force-thumb. This can be useful when attempting to disassemble thumb code produced by other compilers. 
For the x86, some of the options duplicate functions of the -m switch, but allow finer grained control. Multiple selections from the following may be specified as a comma separated string. x86-64, i386 and i8086 select disassembly for the given architecture. intel and att select between intel syntax mode and AT&T syntax mode. addr32, addr16, data32 and  data16 specify the default address size and operand size. These four options will be overridden if x86-64, i386 or i8086 appear later in the option string. Lastly, suffix, when in AT&T mode, instructs the disassembler to print a mnemonic suffix even when the suffix could be inferred by the operands. 
For PPC, booke, booke32 and booke64 select disassembly of BookE instructions. 32 and 64 select PowerPC and PowerPC64 disassembly, respectively. 
For MIPS, this option controls the printing of register names in disassembled instructions. Multiple selections from the following may be specified as a comma separated string, and invalid options are ignored: 
 
    
      
     Print 
      GPR 
       (general-purpose register) names as appropriate for the specified  
      ABI 
      . By default,  
      GPR 
       names are selected according to the  
      ABI 
       of the binary being disassembled.  
     
       fpr-names=ABI 
        
      
     Print 
      FPR 
       (floating-point register) names as appropriate for the specified  
      ABI 
      . By default,  
      FPR 
       numbers are printed rather than names.  
     
       cp0-names=ARCH 
        
      
     Print 
      CP0 
       (system control coprocessor; coprocessor 0) register names as appropriate for the  
      CPU 
       or architecture specified by  
      ARCH. By default, CP0 register names are selected according to the architecture and CPU of the binary being disassembled. 
      
     
       hwr-names=ARCH 
        
      
     Print 
      HWR 
       (hardware register, used by the "rdhwr" instruction) names as appropriate for the CPU or architecture specified by 
      ARCH. By default, HWR names are selected according to the architecture and CPU of the binary being disassembled. 
      
     
       reg-names=ABI 
        
      
     Print 
      GPR 
       and  
      FPR 
       names as appropriate for the selected  
      ABI 
      .  
     
       reg-names=ARCH 
        
      
     Print CPU-specific register names ( 
      CP0 
       register and  
      HWR 
       names) as appropriate for the selected  
      CPU 
       or architecture. 
For any of the options listed above, ABI or ARCH may be specified as numeric to have numbers printed rather than names, for the selected types of registers. You can list the available values of ABI and ARCH using the --help option. 
-p 
 
 
 
 --private-headers 
 
Print information that is specific to the object file format. The exact information printed depends upon the object file format. For some object file formats, no additional information is printed. 
 
 
 -r 
 
 
 
 --reloc 
 
Print the relocation entries of the file. If used with 
  -d or 
 -D, the relocations are printed interspersed with the disassembly. 
 
 
 -R 
 
 
 
 --dynamic-reloc 
 
Print the dynamic relocation entries of the file. This is only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared libraries. 
 
 
 -s 
 
 
 
 --full-contents 
 
Display the full contents of any sections requested. 
 
 
 -S 
 
 
 
 --source 
 
Display source code intermixed with disassembly, if possible. Implies 
 -d. 
 
 
 --show-raw-insn 
 
When disassembling instructions, print the instruction in hex as well as in symbolic form. This is the default except when 
 --prefix-addresses is used. 
 
 
 --no-show-raw-insn 
 
When disassembling instructions, do not print the instruction bytes. This is the default when 
 --prefix-addresses is used. 
 
 
 -G 
 
 
 
 --stabs 
 
Display the full contents of any sections requested. Display the contents of the .stab and .stab.index and .stab.excl sections from an ELF file. This is only useful on systems (such as Solaris 2.0) in which 
 ".stab" debugging symbol-table entries are carried in an ELF section. In most other file formats, debugging symbol-table entries are interleaved with linkage symbols, and are visible in the 
 --syms output. 
 
 
 --start-address= 
 address 
 
Start displaying data at the specified address. This affects the output of the 
 -d, 
 -r and 
 -s options. 
 
 
 --stop-address= 
 address 
 
Stop displaying data at the specified address. This affects the output of the 
 -d, 
 -r and 
 -s options. 
 
 
 -t 
 
 
 
 --syms 
 
Print the symbol table entries of the file. This is similar to the information provided by the 
 nm program. 
 
 
 -T 
 
 
 
 --dynamic-syms 
 
Print the dynamic symbol table entries of the file. This is only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared libraries. This is similar to the information provided by the 
 nm program when given the 
 -D ( 
 --dynamic) option. 
 
 
 --version 
 
Print the version number of 
 objdump and exit. 
 
 
 -x 
 
 
 
 --all-header 
 
Display all available header information, including the symbol table and relocation entries. Using 
 -x is equivalent to specifying all of 
 -a -f -h -r -t. 
 
 
 -w 
 
 
 
 --wide 
 
Format some lines for output devices that have more than 80 columns. Also do not truncate symbol names when they are displayed. 
 
 
 -z 
 
 
 
 --disassemble-zeroes 
 
Normally the disassembly output will skip blocks of zeroes. This option directs the disassembler to disassemble those blocks, just like any other data.