LLVM-DIS(1)

💅 LLVM-DIS(1) — the LLVM manual's disassembler page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're looking at the llvm-dis page from the LLVM manual set, and honestly? it's a whole vibe. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "small tool, big slay." let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

llvm-dis — the LLVM disassembler, periodt 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

llvm-dis [options] [filename]

that's it. that's the whole entrance. main character energy 🔥

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea 🍓: the llvm-dis command is the LLVM disassembler. it takes an LLVM bitcode file and converts it into human-readable LLVM assembly language. literally translating robot scribbles into something you can actually read. iconic behavior, no cap 👑

if filename is omitted or specified as -, then llvm-dis reads its input from standard input. yes, like a little straw sipping your data 🥤

and here's the part where you gotta pay attention, bestie 🫶 — if the input is being read from standard input, then llvm-dis will send its output to standard output by default. otherwise, the output will be written to a file named after the input file, with a .ll suffix added (any existing .bc suffix will first be removed). so thing.bc becomes thing.ll, and the .bc got ✨ yeeted ✨

you can override the choice of output file using the -o option. your file, your rules 💁‍♀️

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -f — enable binary output on terminals. normally, llvm-dis will refuse to write raw bitcode output if the output stream is a terminal. with this option, llvm-dis will write raw bitcode regardless of the output device. it's like "bestie i know you said no but i'm doing it anyway" 😭 use with intention, fr fr.
• -help — print a summary of command line options. the "help me help you" option 🎀
• -o filename — specify the output file name. if filename is -, then the output is sent to standard output. lowkey the most useful flag here ngl ⭐

🌈 EXIT STATUS 🌈

if llvm-dis succeeds, it will exit with 0. 🎉 otherwise, if an error occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value. 💀 that's the vibe check, and the vibe check does not negotiate.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• llvm-as(1) — the other half of this duo, iykyk 🧚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). they're out here doing the lord's work, and we're obsessed 🫶

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2003-2025, LLVM Project — a two-decade-plus glow-up, honestly iconic 💅

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aaaand that's the page, bestie! 🌟 this was LLVM 19, dated 2025-01-17, served fresh from the LLVM-DIS(1) corner of the manual. go forth disassemble, slay, and remember: .ll is the goal 🦋✨