NM(1) NM(1)

NAME
       nm - display name list (symbol table)

SYNOPSIS
       nnmm  [  -aaggnnoopprruummxxjjllffPPAA  [  ss segname sectname ]] [ - ] [ -tt format ] [[
       -aarrcchh archflag ]...] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Nm displays the name list (symbol table) of each  object  file  in  the
       argument list.  If an argument is an archive, a listing for each object
       file in the archive  will  be  produced.   File  can  be  of  the  form
       libx.a(x.o),  in which case only symbols from that member of the object
       file are listed.  (The parentheses have to be  quoted  to  get  by  the
       shell.)  If no file is given, the symbols in a.out are listed.

       Each  symbol  name  is  preceded  by  its  value (blanks if undefined).
       Unless the -mm option is specified, this value is followed by one of the
       following  characters,  representing  the symbol type: UU (undefined), AA
       (absolute), TT (text section symbol), DD (data section  symbol),  BB  (bss
       section  symbol),  CC  (common  symbol),  -  (for  debugger symbol table
       entries; see -aa below), SS (symbol in a section other than those above),
       or  II  (indirect  symbol).   If the symbol is local (non-external), the
       symbol's type is instead represented  by  the  corresponding  lowercase
       letter.   A  lower case uu in a dynamic shared library indicates a unde-
       fined reference to a private external in another  module  in  the  same
       library.

       If   the   symbol   is  a  Objective  C  method,  the  symbol  name  is
       ++-[[Classname(categoryname) method:name:]],  where  `+'  is  for  class
       methods,  `-'  is  for instance methods, and (categoryname) is present
       only when the method is in a category.

       The output is sorted alphabetically by default.

       Options are:

       -aa     Display all symbol table entries, including those  inserted  for
              use by debuggers.

       -gg     Display only global (external) symbols.

       -nn     Sort numerically rather than alphabetically.

       -oo     Prepend file or archive element name to each output line, rather
              than only once.

       -pp     Don't sort; display in symbol-table order.

       -rr     Sort in reverse order.

       -uu     Display only undefined symbols.

       -mm     Display the  NSECT  type  symbols  (Mach-O  symbols)  as  (seg-
              mentname,  sectionname)  followed  by  either external or non-
              external and then the symbol name.  Undefined, common,  absolute
              and  indirect  symbols  get  displayed as (undefined), (common),
              (absolute), and (indirect), respectively.

       -xx     Display the symbol table entry's fields  in  hexadecimal,  along
              with the name as a string.

       -jj     Just display the symbol names (no value or type).

       -ss segname sectname
              List only those symbols in the section (segname,sectname).

       -ll     List  a  pseudo  symbol  .sectionstart  if no symbol has as its
              value the starting address of the section.  (This is  used  with
              the -ss option above.)

       -aarrcchh archtype
              Specifies  the architecture, archtype, of the file for nm(1) to
              operate on when the file is a universal file  (see  arch(3)  for
              the  currently known archtypes).  The archtype can be "all" to
              operate on all architectures in the file.   The  default  is  to
              display the symbols from only the host architecture, if the file
              contains it; otherwise, symbols for  all  architectures  in  the
              file are displayed.

       -ff     Display  the symbol table of a dynamic library flat (as one file
              not separate modules).

       -AA     Write the pathname or library name of an object on each line.

       -PP     Write information in a portable output format.

       -tt format
              For the -PP output, write the numeric value in the specified for-
              mat.  The format shall be dependent on the single character used
              as the format option-argument:

       d      The value shall be written in decimal (default).

       o      The value shall be written in octal.

       x      The value shall be written in hexadecimal.

SEE ALSO
       ar(1), ar(5), Mach-O(5), stab(5), nlist(3)

BUGS
       Displaying Mach-O symbols with -mm is too verbose.  Without the -mm, sym-
       bols in the Objective C sections get displayed as an `s'.



Apple Computer, Inc.             July 28, 2005                           NM(1)