C++FILT(1)

NAME
c++filt - Demangle C++ and Java symbols.

SYNOPSIS
c++filt [-_|--strip-underscores]
        [-j|--java]
        [-n|--no-strip-underscores]
        [-s format|--format=format]
        [--help] [--version] [symbol...]

DESCRIPTION
The C++ and Java languages provides function overloading, which means that you can write many functions with the same name (providing each takes parameters of different types). All C++ and Java function names are encoded into a low-level assembly label (this process is known as mangling). The c++filt [1] program does the inverse mapping: it decodes (demangles) low-level names into user-level names so that the linker can keep these overloaded functions from clashing.

Every alphanumeric word (consisting of letters, digits, underscores, dollars, or periods) seen in the input is a potential label. If the label decodes into a C++ name, the C++ name replaces the low-level name in the output.

You can use c++filt to decipher individual symbols:

        c++filt <symbol>

If no symbol arguments are given, c++filt reads symbol names from the standard input and writes the demangled names to the standard output. All results are printed on the standard output.

OPTIONS

-_
--strip-underscores
    On some systems, both the C and C++ compilers put an underscore in front of every name. For example, the C name "foo" gets the low-level name "_foo". This option removes the initial underscore. Whether c++filt removes the underscore by default is target dependent.

-j
--java
    Prints demangled names using Java syntax. The default is to use C++ syntax.

-n
--no-strip-underscores
    Do not remove the initial underscore.

-s format
--format=format
    c++filt can decode various methods of mangling, used by different compilers. The argument to this option selects which method it uses:

    "auto"
        Automatic selection based on executable (the default method)

    "gnu"
        the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++)

    "lucid"
        the one used by the Lucid compiler (lcc)

    "arm"
        the one specified by the C++ Annotated Reference Manual

    "hp"
        the one used by the HP compiler (aCC)

    "edg"
        the one used by the EDG compiler

    "gnu-v3"
        the one used by the GNU C++ compiler (g++) with the V3 ABI.

    "java"
        the one used by the GNU Java compiler (gcj)

    "gnat"
        the one used by the GNU Ada compiler (GNAT).

--help
    Print a summary of the options to c++filt and exit.

--version
    Print the version number of c++filt and exit.

FOOTNOTES

1.  MS-DOS does not allow "+" characters in file names, so on MS-DOS this program is named c++filt.

SEE ALSO
the Info entries for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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