GCOV-DUMP(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so meet gcov-dump 💖 it's an offline dumper for gcda and gcno profile files, which means you can poke at your coverage data without needing to run anything. iconic behavior tbh 🧚

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

gcov-dump [-v|--version]
     [-h|--help]
     [-l|--long]
     [-p|--positions]
     [-r|--raw]
     [-s|--stable]
     gcovfiles

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so bestie, gcov-dump is a tool you use alongside GCC 💅 it dumps the contents of gcda and gcno profile files offline, so you can literally inspect your data whenever you want. no cap, it's giving very helpful energy ✨

💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -h, --help — this one shows you help info for using gcov-dump (printed to standard output) and then exits right away, no more processing 🙈
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records 🔥
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records 📍
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format 🍓
• -s, --stable — prints content in a stable format that's actually usable for comparison 💖
• -v, --version — shows the gcov-dump version number (on standard output) and then exits immediately, no further processing 🌸

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (c) 2017-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ✨

okay the legal stuff, but make it cute 🫶 permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. the Invariant Sections are "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts are (a) (see below), and the Back-Cover Texts are (b) (see below). a copy of the license is included in the gfdl(7) man page 📜

(a) the FSF's Front-Cover Text is:

A GNU Manual

(b) the FSF's Back-Cover Text is:

You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development. 💜

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bestie, that's the whole page 🎀 stay curious and keep those profiles clean 💅✨ gcc-15.2.0 (2025-08-08), periodt 👑