SPIRV-REFLECT-PP(1)

💖 SPIRV-REFLECT-PP 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about spirv-reflect-pp — yes that's the manual name, and yes it's a whole vibe. she's a User Command, she lives in section 1, and she is here to spill all the tea about your SPIR-V bytecode. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

spirv-reflect [OPTIONS] path/to/SPIR-V/bytecode.spv

that's it. that's the whole entrance. give her some options and a path to your SPIR-V bytecode and she will deliver. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically? she prints a summary of the reflection data she extracted from your SPIR-V bytecode. like a little report card for your shader. no cap. 📋✨

here's the options, one by one, because we don't skip:

🎀 Options 🎀

• --help — displays this message. she's helpful like that. 🥰
• -o, --output — prints output to a file instead. [default: stdout] — so if you don't say anything, she's yapping straight to your terminal, as she should. 💬
• -y, --yaml — formats the output as YAML. [default: disabled] — off by default, but turn it on and it's giving structured data realness. 🌈
• -v VERBOSITY — specifies output verbosity. YAML output only, bestie, don't forget that. the levels are:
  1. 0 — shader info, block variables, interface variables, and descriptor bindings. no type descriptions. this is the default, the everyday slay. ✨
  2. 1 — everything from above, plus type descriptions. now we're getting into it. 🔥
  3. 2 — everything above, plus SPIR-V bytecode and all internal type descriptions. and like… if you're not working on SPIRV-Reflect itself, you probably don't want this. 😭 that's a direct quote from the manual, she said it, not me. it's giving "you're not ready for this level of lore".
• -e, --entrypoint — prints entry points found in the shader module. where does it all begin? here. 🚪
• -s, --stage — prints Vulkan shader stages found in the shader module. vertex? fragment? compute? she knows. 👑
• -f, --file — prints the source file found in the shader module. the origin story. 📄
• -fcb, --flatten_cbuffers — flattens constant buffers on non-YAML output. flat. compressed. tidy. 🧚

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

the full documentation for spirv-reflect-pp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and spirv-reflect-pp programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info spirv-reflect-pp

should give you access to the complete manual. the complete manual. the extended cut. the director's commentary. 🎬💖

lowkey iconic of you to read the whole thing. not everyone has that main character energy. 🫶

anyway, this was spirv-reflect-pp version 1.4.335.0, dated January 2026 — that's the whole footer, folded in cute, exactly where it belongs. mwah. 💋 periodt. 🦋