doc/scripts/man-demangle.1.docbook


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<refentryinfo>
<author><personname><firstname>Ben</firstname><surname>Burton</surname></personname>
<email>bab@debian.org</email></author>
<date>April 7, 2003</date>
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><command>demangle</command></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refnamediv>
<refname><command>demangle</command></refname>
<refpurpose>Undo C++ name mangling for symbols</refpurpose>
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<cmdsynopsis>
<command>demangle</command>
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<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>

<para><command>demangle</command> reads a list of C++ mangled symbol names from standard input and converts these names to human-readable form on standard output.</para>

<para>This utility is part of the &kde; Software Development Kit.</para> 

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<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>

<para>Create a file called <filename>names</filename> containing the following mangled symbol names:</para>

<programlisting>_ZNK6Object10metaObjectEv 
_ZN8QPtrListI5ArrowE5clearEv 
_ZTC4Kolf0_11TDEMainWindow</programlisting>

<para>These names can then be demangled as follows:</para>

<screen><prompt>example$</prompt> <userinput><command>demangle</command> &lt; <filename>names</filename></userinput>
<computeroutput>Object::metaObject() const 
QPtrList&lt;Arrow&gt;::clear() 
construction vtable for TDEMainWindow-in-Kolf</computeroutput></screen>

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<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>

<para>kminspector(1) kmtrace(1) match(1)</para>

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