DUMPELF(1)

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version 1.3.11 · 13 versions
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💅 DUMPELF(1) — dump internal ELF structure

okay so bestie, welcome to dumpelf, brought to you by the iconique Documentation for pax-utils collection ✨ this is the manual page for the dumpelf command, and yes the name is literally "dump elf" and no, we are not throwing elves in a dumpster 🧚 (or are we 💀). anyway bestie, saving this file:

pax-utils 1.3.11

🌸 NAME 🌸

dumpelf — dump internal ELF structure 🫶

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

dumpelf [options] ELFs

like, options first, then your ELFs, easy. periodt 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so dumpelf is a user-space utility that dumps all of the internal ELF structures into the equivalent C structures ✨ for fun debugging and/or reference purposes 💖

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you point it at ELF files, it spills the internal structure tea in C form, and you go "ohhhh" while debugging 🎀. it's giving "look inside the machine" energy and honestly we're obsessed 😭🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — show the condensed usage and exit ✌️ quick lil reminder of how to use it, then it's out 🫶
  • -V, --version — print the version and exit 🎀 you get the version number, that's the whole interaction
  • -v, --verbose — be verbose 👑 and get this: it can be used more than once, so stack those -vs if you want more yapping 🗣️

🔥 HOMEPAGE 🔥

the home base, the main character link:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? bestie please give us as much information as possible (using any available debugging options 👀) and send those bug reports to the maintainers — the AUTHORS section has the receipts, scroll down 💌

and if you can, please use the Gentoo bugzilla at:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group 🫶 go read these too:

chpax(1), dumpelf(1), paxctl(1), pspax(1), readelf(1), scanelf(1), elf(5)

(yes dumpelf(1) is in there. yes it's referencing itself. main character energy, we don't make the rules 💅)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> — Maintainer 🛠️
  • Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> — Maintainer 🛠️
  • Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> — Mach-O Maintainer 🍎

🍓 NOTES 🍓

  1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities
  2. https://bugs.gentoo.org/

and that's the page bestie 🌈 literally every flag, link, name and email accounted for, no cap 💀✨

this was pax-utils version 1.3.11, dated 08/02/2026 — mwah, go dump some ELFs, slay 🎀💖
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