GCC, Binutils Cheatsheet

The instructions below work for both the gcc and the clang compiler driver systems.

Run C source code through preprocessor

cpp main.c main.i
clang -E main.c > main.i

Preprocessed C source code -> Assembly

gcc -S main.i
clang -S main.i

Assembly -> Relocatable object file

gcc -c main.s
clang -c main.s

Link object files and produce executable object file

gcc -o main main.o header.o
clang main.o header.o

Output the symbol table of an object file

readelf --symbols main.o

Output the ELF headers

readelf -h main.o

If entry point address is 0x0, object file has no ‘main’

readelf -h main.o | grep "Entry point address"