1 .\" Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH nm 1 "5 November 1991" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 nm \- list symbols from object files.
18 .RB "[\|" \-a | \-\-debug\-syms "\|]"
19 .RB "[\|" \-g | \-\-extern\-only "\|]"
21 .RB "[\|" \-C | \-\-demangle "\|]"
22 .RB "[\|" \-D | \-\-dynamic "\|]"
23 .RB "[\|" \-s | \-\-print\-armap "\|]"
24 .RB "[\|" \-o | \-\-print\-file\-name "\|]"
25 .RB "[\|" \-n | \-\-numeric\-sort "\|]"
26 .RB "[\|" \-p | \-\-no\-sort "\|]"
27 .RB "[\|" \-r | \-\-reverse\-sort "\|]"
28 .RB "[\|" \-u | \-\-undefined\-only "\|]"
29 .RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
30 .RB "[\|" \-\-version "\|]"
31 .RB "[\|" "\-t \fIradix" | \-\-radix=\fIradix "\|]"
32 .RB "[\|" \-P | --portability "\|]"
33 .RB "[\|" "\-f \fIformat" | \-\-format=\fIformat "\|]"
34 .RB "[\|" "\-\-target=\fIbfdname" "\|]"
43 \& lists the symbols from object files \c
45 \&. If no object files are given as arguments, \c
52 The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
60 .B \-\-print\-file\-name
61 Precede each symbol by the name of the input file where it was found,
62 rather than identifying the input file once only before all of its
69 Display debugger-only symbols; normally these are not listed.
75 (for compatibility with the MIPS \fBnm\fP).
81 Decode (\fIdemangle\fP) low-level symbol names into user-level names.
82 Besides removing any initial underscore prepended by the system, this
83 makes C++ function names readable.
89 Display the dynamic symbols rather than the normal symbols. This is
90 only meaningful for dynamic objects, such as certain types of shared
95 Use the output format \fIformat\fP, which can be ``bsd'',
96 ``sysv'', or ``posix''. The default is `bsd''.
97 Only the first character of \fIformat\fP is significant; it can be
98 either upper or lower case.
104 Display only external symbols.
112 Sort symbols numerically by their addresses, not alphabetically by their
119 Don't bother to sort the symbols in any order; just print them in the
126 Use the POSIX.2 standard output format instead of the default format.
127 Equivalent to ``\-f posix''.
133 When listing symbols from archive members, include the index: a mapping
134 (stored in the archive by \c
139 contain definitions for what names.
145 Reverse the sense of the sort (whether numeric or alphabetic); let the
151 .B "\-\-radix=\fIradix"
152 Use \fIradix\fP as the radix for printing the symbol values. It must be
153 ``d'' for decimal, ``o'' for octal, or ``x'' for hexadecimal.
156 .BI "\-\-target=" "bfdname"\c
158 Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
161 for information on listing available formats.
166 .B \-\-undefined\-only
167 Display only undefined symbols (those external to each object file).
173 Show the version number of
179 Show a summary of the options to
184 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
190 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
191 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991);
194 .BR ranlib "(" 1 ")."
198 Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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