$ whatis nm

nm (1) - list symbols from object files

Examples:

2. Usage: nm [option(s)] [file(s)]

3. List symbols in [file(s)] (a.out by default).

4. The options are:

5. -a, --debug-syms Display debugger-only symbols

6. -A, --print-file-name Print name of the input file before every symbol

7. -B Same as --format=bsd

8. -C, --demangle[=STYLE] Decode low-level symbol names into user-level names

9. The STYLE, if specified, can be `auto' (the default),

10. `gnu', `lucid', `arm', `hp', `edg', `gnu-v3', `java'

11. or `gnat'

12. --no-demangle Do not demangle low-level symbol names

13. --recurse-limit Enable a demangling recursion limit. This is the default.

14. --no-recurse-limit Disable a demangling recursion limit.

15. -D, --dynamic Display dynamic symbols instead of normal symbols

16. --defined-only Display only defined symbols

17. -e (ignored)

18. -f, --format=FORMAT Use the output format FORMAT. FORMAT can be `bsd',

19. `sysv' or `posix'. The default is `bsd'

20. -g, --extern-only Display only external symbols

21. -l, --line-numbers Use debugging information to find a filename and

22. line number for each symbol

23. -n, --numeric-sort Sort symbols numerically by address

24. -o Same as -A

25. -p, --no-sort Do not sort the symbols

26. -P, --portability Same as --format=posix

27. -r, --reverse-sort Reverse the sense of the sort

28. --plugin NAME Load the specified plugin

29. -S, --print-size Print size of defined symbols

30. -s, --print-armap Include index for symbols from archive members

31. --size-sort Sort symbols by size

32. --special-syms Include special symbols in the output

33. --synthetic Display synthetic symbols as well

34. -t, --radix=RADIX Use RADIX for printing symbol values

35. --target=BFDNAME Specify the target object format as BFDNAME

36. -u, --undefined-only Display only undefined symbols

37. --with-symbol-versions Display version strings after symbol names

38. -X 32_64 (ignored)

39. @FILE Read options from FILE

40. -h, --help Display this information

41. -V, --version Display this program's version number

43. nm: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big pe-x86-64 pe-bigobj-x86-64 pe-i386 plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex

44. Report bugs to .

Please click on " man nm " to see the Manual Page for this command.