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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:20:08+00:00

I have a compiled program which I want to know if a certain line

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I have a compiled program which I want to know if a certain line exist in it. Is there a way, using my source code, I could determine that?

Tony commented on my message so I’ll add some info:

  1. I’m using the g++ compiler.
  2. I’m compiling the code on Linux(Scientific)/Unix machine
  3. I only use standard library (nothing downloaded from the web)
  4. The desired line is either multiplication by a number (in a subfunction of a while group) or printing a line in a specific case (if statement)

I need this becouse I’m running several MD simulations and sometimes I find my self in a situation where I’m not sure of the conditions.

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  1. Editorial Team

    objdump is a utility that can be used as a disassembler to view executable in assembly form.
    Use this command to disassemble a binary, 

    objdump -Dslx file

    Important to note though that disassemblers make use of the symbolic debugging information present in object files(ELF), So that information should be present in your object files. Also, constants & comments in source code will not be a part of the disassembled output.

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