.hy 0
.na
.TP
-.B objdump
+.B objdump
.RB "[\|" \-a "\|]"
.RB "[\|" "\-b\ "\c
.I bfdname\c
.RB "[\|" \-\-stabs "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-t | \-\-syms "\|]"
.RB "[\|" \-x "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-version "\|]"
+.RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
.I objfile\c
\&.\|.\|.
.ad b
information is mostly useful to programmers who are working on the
compilation tools, as opposed to programmers who just want their
program to compile and work.
-.SH OPTIONS
-Where long and short forms of an option are shown together, they are
-equivalent.
-
-.TP
+.PP
.IR "objfile" .\|.\|.
-The object files to be examined. When you specify archives,
+are the object files to be examined. When you specify archives,
\c
.B objdump\c
\& shows information on each of the member object files.
+.SH OPTIONS
+Where long and short forms of an option are shown together, they are
+equivalent. At least one option besides
+.B \-l
+must be given.
+
.TP
.B \-a
If any files from \c
.TP
.BI "-b " "bfdname"\c
\&
-You can specify a particular object-code format for your object files as
+Specify the object-code format for the object files to be
\c
.I bfdname\c
\&. This may not be necessary; \c
.br
.sp
-Displays summary information from the section headers (`\|\c
+display summary information from the section headers (`\|\c
.B \-h\c
\|') of
`\|\c
Header. Display summary information from the section headers of the
object file.
+.TP
+.B \-\-help
+Print a summary of the options to
+.B objdump
+and exit.
+
.TP
.B \-i
Display a list showing all architectures and object formats available
.B nm\c
\|' program.
+.TP
+.B \-\-version
+Print the version number of
+.B objdump
+and exit.
+
.TP
.B \-x
Display all available header information, including the symbol table and
.B \-a \-f \-h \-r \-t\c
\|'.
-.PP
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
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