MirBSD manpage: c++filt(1)

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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

     c++filt [-_|--strip-underscores]
             [-j|--java]
             [-n|--no-strip-underscores]
             [-p|--no-params]
             [-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

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         Do not remove the initial underscore.

     -p
     --no-params
         When demangling the name of a function, do not display
         the types of the function's parameters.

     -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 CXXFILT.

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SEE ALSO

     the Info entries for binutils.

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