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readelf(1)

SYNOPSIS

       readelf [-a|--all]
	       [-h|--file-header]
	       [-l|--program-headers|--segments]
	       [-S|--section-headers|--sections]
	       [-e|--headers]
	       [-s|--syms|--symbols]
	       [-n|--notes]
	       [-r|--relocs]
	       [-u|--unwind]
	       [-d|--dynamic]
	       [-V|--version-info]
	       [-A|--arch-specific]
	       [-D|--use-dynamic]
	       [-x <number>|--hex-dump=<number>]
	       [-w[liaprmfFso]|
		--debug-dump[=line,=info,=abbrev,=pub-
       names,=ranges,=macro,=frames,=frames-interp,=str,=loc]]
	       [-I|-histogram]
	       [-v|--version]
	       [-W|--wide]
	       [-H|--help]
	       elffile...

DESCRIPTION

       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
       equivalent.  At least one option besides -v or -H must be given.

       -a
       --all
	   Equivalent  to specifiying --file-header, --program-headers, --sec-
	   tions, --symbols, --relocs, --dynamic, --notes and  --version-info.

       -h
       --file-header
	   Displays  the  information contained in the ELF header at the start
	   of the file.

       -l
       --program-headers
       --segments

       -s
       --symbols
       --syms
	   Displays the entries in symbol table section of the file, if it has
	   one.

       -e
       --headers
	   Display all the headers in the file.  Equivalent to -h -l -S.

       -n
       --notes
	   Displays the contents of the NOTE segment, if it exists.

       -r
       --relocs
	   Displays  the  contents of the file's relocation section, if it has
	   one.

       -u
       --unwind
	   Displays the contents of the file's unwind section, if it has  one.
	   Only  the  unwind  sections	for  IA64 ELF files are currently sup-
	   ported.

       -u
       --unwind
	   Displays the contents of the file's unwind section, if it has  one.
	   Only  the  unwind  sections	for  IA64 ELF files are currently sup-
	   ported.

       -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
	   exist.

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

       -D
       --use-dynamic
	   When  displaying  symbols, this option makes readelf use the symbol
	   table in the file's dynamic section, rather than  the  one  in  the
	   symbols section.

       -x <number>
       --hex-dump=<number>
	   Displays  the  contents  of	the indicated section as a hexadecimal
	   dump.

       -w[liaprmfFso]
       --histogram
	   Display a histogram of bucket list lengths when displaying the con-
	   tents of the symbol tables.

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

       -W
       --wide
	   Don't break output lines to fit into 80 columns. By default readelf
	   breaks  section  header  and  segment  listing lines for 64-bit ELF
	   files, so that they fit into 80 columns. This option causes readelf
	   to  print each section header resp. each segment one a single line,
	   which is far more readable on terminals wider than 80 columns.

       -H
       --help
	   Display the command line options understood by readelf.

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000,  2001,  2002,
       2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version  1.1  or
       any  later  version  published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
       Invariant Sections, 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 License''.

binutils-2.14.91		  2004-04-09			    READELF(1)

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