GCOV-DUMP(1)

🎀 GCOV-DUMP(1) 🎀 — GNU ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for gcov-dump, which is literally an offline tool for dumping the contents of gcda and gcno profile files 💅. You can use it alongside GCC, and it works without needing to run anything else first 🧚. Iconic, honestly.

✨ NAME ✨

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

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

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

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

gcov-dump is a tool you can use in conjunction with GCC to dump content of gcda and gcno profile files offline. Main character energy, no cap 👑.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help — okay so this one shows you help info about using gcov-dump on the standard output, then exits right away without doing any further processing 🫶.
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records 💜.
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records 📍.
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format 🍓.
• -s, --stable — prints content in a stable format that's usable for comparison, which is lowkey so useful 🔥.
• -v, --version — shows the gcov-dump version number on the standard output, then exits without doing any further processing ✨.

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 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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Ily bestie, that's the whole tea on gcov-dump 🌈 🎀 Source: gcc-16, dated 2026-03-22, so it's basically fresh 💅. Stay iconic and keep profiling 🧚✨💖