GCOV-DUMP(1)

✨ GCOV-DUMP ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for gcov-dump, a lil tool from the GNU fam (it lives in the gcc-17 release, dated 2026-09-20 if you're keeping receipts) 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gcov-dump — the offline gcda and gcno profile dump tool, periodt 💅

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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 💜

so like, gcov-dump is the tool you pull up in conjunction with GCC when you wanna dump the content of your gcda and gcno profile files — offline, no cap, no compiler needed, just vibes and data ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help — shows you the help for using gcov-dump (it goes to standard output), and then it bounces — exits without doing any other processing, main character move fr 🙈
• -l, --long — dumps the content of records, iykyk 📝
• -p, --positions — dumps the positions of records, for when you need to know where things are at (literally) 📍
• -r, --raw — prints content records in raw format, no filter, no makeup, just the raw tea 🍵
• -s, --stable — prints content in a stable format that's usable for comparison, so you can line things up side by side 🫶
• -v, --version — shows the gcov-dump version number (on the standard output), and exits without doing any further processing 💫

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👑 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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ok that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every license clause, nothing skipped, we ate and left no crumbs 💅✨

and yeah — this one ships with gcc-17, dated 2026-09-20, in the GCOV-DUMP(1) man page slot. slay 🦋💖