GCOV-DUMP(1)

💅 GCOV-DUMP — okay bestie, let's talk

So gcov-dump is this little GNU tool (manual section 1, iykyk) that lets you peek inside gcda and gcno profile files offline. That's literally it and it's iconic.

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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 🦋

Okay so picture this: you've got GCC doing its thing, and you've got these profile files — gcda and gcno — just sitting there being mysterious. gcov-dump is the tool you use in conjunction with GCC to dump the content of those gcda and gcno profile files, offline. No cap. That's the whole vibe. She dumps, you read, everybody wins. 💖

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — Displays help about using gcov-dump (on the standard output, bestie, don't worry) and then dips out immediately without doing any further processing. No extra steps. 💅
• -l, --long — Dumps the content of records. Long mode. Give me everything. 🔥
• -p, --positions — Dumps the positions of records. Where they at? Now you know. 📍
• -r, --raw — Prints content records in raw format. Unfiltered, unbothered, in her natural state. 💀
• -s, --stable — Prints content in stable format, usable for comparison. Perfect for when you're comparing two things and you need her to be consistent. Comparison girlies, this one's for you. ⭐
• -v, --version — Displays the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output) and exits without doing any further processing. Just the number, then she's gone. 🙈

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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.

Yes bestie, this part is the legal bit and we do NOT skip the legal bit. All of it stays. 🫶

(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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and that's the whole page, periodt 💜✨

Cute little sign-off time: this gorgeous thing is from GNU, version gcc-14.4.0, dated 2026-06-26, and it lives in section GCOV-DUMP(1) of the manual. Go dump some records, main character. 🦋🌸💖