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.IX Title "C++FILT 1"
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.TH C++FILT 1 1980-01-01 binutils-2.40.90 "GNU Development Tools"
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.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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.SH NAME
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c++filt \- demangle C++ and Java symbols
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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c++filt [\fB\-_\fR|\fB\-\-strip\-underscore\fR]
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[\fB\-n\fR|\fB\-\-no\-strip\-underscore\fR]
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[\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-no\-params\fR]
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[\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-types\fR]
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[\fB\-i\fR|\fB\-\-no\-verbose\fR]
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[\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-no\-recurse\-limit\fR]
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[\fB\-R\fR|\fB\-\-recurse\-limit\fR]
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[\fB\-s\fR \fIformat\fR|\fB\-\-format=\fR\fIformat\fR]
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[\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIsymbol\fR...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
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The C++ and Java languages provide function overloading, which means
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that you can write many functions with the same name, providing that
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each function takes parameters of different types. In order to be
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able to distinguish these similarly named functions C++ and Java
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encode them into a low-level assembler name which uniquely identifies
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each different version. This process is known as \fImangling\fR. The
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\&\fBc++filt\fR
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[1]
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program does the inverse mapping: it decodes (\fIdemangles\fR) low-level
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names into user-level names so that they can be read.
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.PP
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Every alphanumeric word (consisting of letters, digits, underscores,
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dollars, or periods) seen in the input is a potential mangled name.
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If the name decodes into a C++ name, the C++ name replaces the
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low-level name in the output, otherwise the original word is output.
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In this way you can pass an entire assembler source file, containing
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mangled names, through \fBc++filt\fR and see the same source file
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containing demangled names.
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.PP
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You can also use \fBc++filt\fR to decipher individual symbols by
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passing them on the command line:
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.PP
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\& c++filt <symbol>
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.PP
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If no \fIsymbol\fR arguments are given, \fBc++filt\fR reads symbol
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names from the standard input instead. All the results are printed on
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the standard output. The difference between reading names from the
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command line versus reading names from the standard input is that
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command-line arguments are expected to be just mangled names and no
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checking is performed to separate them from surrounding text. Thus
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for example:
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.Vb 1
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\& c++filt \-n _Z1fv
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will work and demangle the name to "f()" whereas:
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.Vb 1
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\& c++filt \-n _Z1fv,
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will not work. (Note the extra comma at the end of the mangled
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name which makes it invalid). This command however will work:
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.PP
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.Vb 1
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\& echo _Z1fv, | c++filt \-n
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.PP
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and will display "f(),", i.e., the demangled name followed by a
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trailing comma. This behaviour is because when the names are read
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from the standard input it is expected that they might be part of an
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assembler source file where there might be extra, extraneous
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characters trailing after a mangled name. For example:
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.PP
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.Vb 1
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\& .type _Z1fv, @function
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IX Header "OPTIONS"
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.IP \fB\-_\fR 4
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.IX Item "-_"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-strip\-underscore\fR 4
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.IX Item "--strip-underscore"
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.PD
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On some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an underscore in front
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of every name. For example, the C name \f(CW\*(C`foo\*(C'\fR gets the low-level
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name \f(CW\*(C`_foo\*(C'\fR. This option removes the initial underscore. Whether
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\&\fBc++filt\fR removes the underscore by default is target dependent.
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.IP \fB\-n\fR 4
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.IX Item "-n"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-strip\-underscore\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-strip-underscore"
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.PD
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Do not remove the initial underscore.
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.IP \fB\-p\fR 4
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.IX Item "-p"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-params\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-params"
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.PD
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When demangling the name of a function, do not display the types of
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the function's parameters.
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.IP \fB\-t\fR 4
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.IX Item "-t"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-types\fR 4
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.IX Item "--types"
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.PD
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Attempt to demangle types as well as function names. This is disabled
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by default since mangled types are normally only used internally in
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the compiler, and they can be confused with non-mangled names. For example,
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a function called "a" treated as a mangled type name would be
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demangled to "signed char".
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.IP \fB\-i\fR 4
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.IX Item "-i"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-verbose\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-verbose"
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.PD
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Do not include implementation details (if any) in the demangled
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output.
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.IP \fB\-r\fR 4
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.IX Item "-r"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-R\fR 4
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.IX Item "-R"
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.IP \fB\-\-recurse\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--recurse-limit"
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-recurse\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-recurse-limit"
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.IP \fB\-\-recursion\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--recursion-limit"
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.IP \fB\-\-no\-recursion\-limit\fR 4
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.IX Item "--no-recursion-limit"
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.PD
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Enables or disables a limit on the amount of recursion performed
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whilst demangling strings. Since the name mangling formats allow for
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an infinite level of recursion it is possible to create strings whose
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decoding will exhaust the amount of stack space available on the host
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machine, triggering a memory fault. The limit tries to prevent this
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from happening by restricting recursion to 2048 levels of nesting.
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.Sp
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The default is for this limit to be enabled, but disabling it may be
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necessary in order to demangle truly complicated names. Note however
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that if the recursion limit is disabled then stack exhaustion is
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possible and any bug reports about such an event will be rejected.
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.Sp
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The \fB\-r\fR option is a synonym for the
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\&\fB\-\-no\-recurse\-limit\fR option. The \fB\-R\fR option is a
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synonym for the \fB\-\-recurse\-limit\fR option.
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.IP "\fB\-s\fR \fIformat\fR" 4
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.IX Item "-s format"
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.PD 0
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.IP \fB\-\-format=\fR\fIformat\fR 4
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.IX Item "--format=format"
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.PD
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\&\fBc++filt\fR can decode various methods of mangling, used by
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different compilers. The argument to this option selects which
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method it uses:
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.RS 4
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.ie n .IP """auto""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWauto\fR 4
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.IX Item "auto"
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Automatic selection based on executable (the default method)
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.ie n .IP """gnu""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWgnu\fR 4
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.IX Item "gnu"
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the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++)
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.ie n .IP """lucid""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWlucid\fR 4
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.IX Item "lucid"
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the one used by the Lucid compiler (lcc)
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.ie n .IP """arm""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWarm\fR 4
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.IX Item "arm"
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the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual
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.ie n .IP """hp""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWhp\fR 4
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.IX Item "hp"
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the one used by the HP compiler (aCC)
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.ie n .IP """edg""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWedg\fR 4
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.IX Item "edg"
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the one used by the EDG compiler
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.ie n .IP """gnu\-v3""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWgnu\-v3\fR 4
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.IX Item "gnu-v3"
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the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++) with the V3 ABI.
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.ie n .IP """java""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWjava\fR 4
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.IX Item "java"
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the one used by the GNU Java compiler (gcj)
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.ie n .IP """gnat""" 4
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.el .IP \f(CWgnat\fR 4
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.IX Item "gnat"
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the one used by the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT).
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.RE
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.IP \fB\-\-help\fR 4
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.IX Item "--help"
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Print a summary of the options to \fBc++filt\fR and exit.
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.IP \fB\-\-version\fR 4
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.IX Item "--version"
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Print the version number of \fBc++filt\fR and exit.
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.IP \fB@\fR\fIfile\fR 4
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.IX Item "@file"
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Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
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inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
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does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
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literally, and not removed.
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.Sp
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Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
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character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
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option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
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backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
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with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
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@\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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.SH FOOTNOTES
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.IX Header "FOOTNOTES"
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.IP 1. 4
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MS-DOS does not allow \f(CW\*(C`+\*(C'\fR characters in file names, so on
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MS-DOS this program is named \fBCXXFILT\fR.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
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the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright (c) 1991\-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.PP
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
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section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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