NAME

elfdump —

display information about ELF files

SYNOPSIS

elfdump -a | -E | -cdeGhinprs [-w file] file

The elfdump utility dumps various information about the specified ELF file.

The options are as follows:

-a: Dump all information.
-c: Dump section headers.
-d: Dump dynamic symbols.
-e: Dump ELF header.
-E: Return success if file is an ELF file and failure if it is not. This option is exclusive with other options.
-G: Dump the GOT.
-h: Dump the hash values.
-i: Dump the dynamic interpreter.
-n: Dump note sections.
-p: Dump the program header.
-r: Dump relocations.
-s: Dump the symbol table.
-w file: Write output to a file instead of the standard output.

The elfdump utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

The following is an example of a typical usage of the elfdump command:

elfdump -a -w output
  /bin/ls

The elfdump utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

The elfdump utility was written by Jake Burkholder <jake@FreeBSD.org>. This manual page was written by David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>.

Does not fully implement the ELF gABI.