GCOV-DUMP(1)

💅 GCOV-DUMP — the girlies' guide (GNU manual, bestie)

okay so this is the manual page for gcov-dump, living in the GNU section 1. yes it's a real tool, no it's not scary, come sit with me 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gcov-dump — offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so gcov-dump is this little icon that you use in conjunction with GCC, and what it does is dump the content of gcda and gcno profile files — offline, bestie. offline. no network, no drama, just you and your profile files 💖

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — shows you the help for gcov-dump (on the standard output), and then dips. no further processing, we're done here 💅
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records. get the full tea ✨
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records. where they at 📍
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format. no filter, no makeup, just raw 🙈
• -s, --stable — prints content in a stable format that's usable for comparison. for when you wanna compare and not get played 🌈
• -v, --version — shows the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output), and then exits without doing any further processing. hi, bye 👋

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (c) 2017-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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; with the Invariant Sections being "GNU General Public License" and "Funding Free Software", the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (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 not me actually reading the whole license, but yes it's the real one, keep it 💖

and that's the whole thing! this page came from gcc-14, dated 2026-07-24 — slay, periodt, go dump some profiles 👑✨🦋