GCOV-DUMP(1)

💅 GCOV-DUMP — ok bestie, let's talk

so this is gcov-dump, part of the big GNU family, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (the "user commands, I can just run this" section, iykyk). If you're here it's because you're deep in GCC coverage files and you want the receipts. Welcome. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gcov-dump — the offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool. That's literally her whole job and she's obsessed with it.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lowkey just throw some flags at her and hand over your files:

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

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: gcov-dump is a tool you can use in conjunction with GCC to dump the content of gcda and gcno profile files offline. no compiler breathing down your neck, no live run, just you, the file, and the truth. it's giving forensic investigator but make it coverage data. 🔍✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

pick your fighter (or stack 'em, she's flexible):

• -h, --help — shows you help about using gcov-dump on the standard output, then dips immediately without doing any further processing. no notes, just vibes. 👋
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records. long mode, long story, we love a detail queen. 📜
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records. where is everything? she'll tell you. 📍
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format. no filter, no makeup, just the data as-is. 💀
• -s, --stable — prints content in stable format that's usable for comparison. diff-friendly, reliable, the friend who always shows up on time. ⭐
• -v, --version — displays the gcov-dump version number on the standard output, then exits without doing any further processing. quick little flex, love that for her. 👑

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2017-2025 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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🌈 and that's the whole page bestie. every flag, every word, nothing skipped, we ate and left no crumbs.

ok bye ily 💜 this was gcc-15.3.0, dated 2026-06-12, and yes she ships as GCOV-DUMP(1) — main character energy, periodt. 🎀🦋✨