binutils/README.md

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binutils

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including:

  • ar: creating modifying and extracting from archives
  • nm: for listing symbols from object files
  • objcopy: for copying and translating object files
  • objdump: for displaying information from object files
  • ranlib: for generating an index for the contents of an archive
  • size: for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file
  • strings: for listing printable strings from files
  • strip: for discarding symbols (a filter for demangling encoded C++ symbols
  • addr2line: for converting addresses to file and line
  • nlmconv: for converting object code into an NLM