examples/elf_show_debug_sections.py

   1 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2 # elftools example: elf_show_debug_sections.py
   3 #
   4 # Show the names of all .debug_* sections in ELF files.
   5 #
   6 # Eli Bendersky (eliben@gmail.com)
   7 # This code is in the public domain
   8 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9 from __future__ import print_function
  10 import sys
  11
  12 # If pyelftools is not installed, the example can also run from the root or
  13 # examples/ dir of the source distribution.
  14 sys.path[0:0] = ['.', '..']
  15
  16 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
  17
  18
  19 def process_file(filename):
  20     print('In file:', filename)
  21     with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
  22         elffile = ELFFile(f)
  23
  24         for section in elffile.iter_sections():
  25             if section.name.startswith('.debug'):
  26                 print('  ' + section.name)
  27
  28
  29 if __name__ == '__main__':
  30     if sys.argv[1] == '--test':
  31         for filename in sys.argv[2:]:
  32             process_file(filename)