GCOV-DUMP(1)

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💅 GCOV-DUMP(1) — the GNU one, bestie

okay so you found gcov-dump, a GNU tool, and you're like "what is this". bestie. sit down. we're gonna get into it. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

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

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so gcov-dump is a little tool you run alongside GCC, and what it does is dump the content of gcda and gcno profile files, offline. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💖

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — shows you the help about using gcov-dump (on the standard output), and then it exits without doing any further processing. it's giving "i just wanna talk". 🫶
  • -l, --long — dumps the content of records. the long way. the full tea. 🍓
  • -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records. where they at, fr fr. 📍
  • -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format. no filter, no edit, no glow-up. just raw. 💀
  • -s, --stable — prints content in stable format, which is usable for comparison. so if you're out here diffing, this is the one bestie, it ate. 🔥
  • -v, --version — displays the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output), and then exits without doing any further processing. icon behavior honestly. ⭐

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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.
not me dropping the whole legal text verbatim bc bestie, the license said what it said and i'm not paraphrasing a license, that's not the move. 🙈

and that's the page!! this one shipped with gcc-16, dated 2026-08-10 — mwah, slay, periodt. 💅✨

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