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elfdump – display information about ELF files

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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 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 <Mt jake@FreeBSD.org>. This manual page was written by David O'Brien <Mt obrien@FreeBSD.org>.

Does not fully implement the ELF gABI.