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The elfdump command displays information contained in ELF format object files, archives, and shared libraries. Use the following options to select the information you want to display:

To view	Use the option
Symbol table entries.	-t
Archive headers from an archive library.	-a
String table(s).	-c
File header.	-f
Global symbols from an archive.	-g
Section headers.	-h
The .dynamic section in shared libraries and dynamically linked program files.	-L
Optional headers (program headers).	-o
Relocations	-r
Section contents.	-s
Unwind table.	-U
Versioned symbols.	-tv

The elfdump command provides the following additional options to modify your selections:

Option	Modifies	Causes elfdump to
-H	all	Select output format in hexadecimal, octal, or decimal.
-p	all	Suppress title printing.
-S	-h,-o	Display headers in short format.
-C	-c, -r, -s, -t	Demangle C++ symbol names before displaying them.
		• With -H, ignored.
		• With -nname, display the symbol whose unmangled name matches
		name, and prints its symbol name as a demangled name.

-D	num	-h,	-s	Display the section whose index is num.
+D	num2	-h,	-s	Display the sections in the range 1 to num2.

•With -D, display the sections in the range num to num2.

-D num	-r	Display the relocation whose index is num.
+D num2	-r	Display only the relocations which apply to the section(s) in the range.
+s name	-c, -t	Display the section specified by name.
-n name	-h, -r, -s	Display information about the section specified by name.
-n name	-t	Display information about the symbol entry specified by name.
-T num	-t	Display the symbol whose index is num.
+T num2	-t	Display the symbols in the range 0 to num2.
		• With-T, display the symbols in the range num to num2.

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