readelf -S and long section name
Ben Elliston
bje@wasabisystems.com
Mon Oct 27 01:01:00 GMT 2003
Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> Perhaps test for > n chars and if so, wrap after the section name,
> like
>
> [11] .text PROGBITS 00015a80 015a80 0f9e34 00 AX 0 0 16
> [12] some_really_big_section_name_probably_from_c++_name_mangling
> PROGBITS 0010f8c0 10f8c0 00086a 00 AX 0 0 16
>
> With --wide, n probably should be increased too.
The only problem I foresee is that it might break scripts that process
the output using cut(1) or awk(1). I feel that it's a minor point,
though I feel it should be mentioned in the NEWS file.
Ben
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