How can I examine contents of a data section of an ELF file on Linux?
I've been using objdump to look at assembly code in Linux ELF binaries. Sometimes there is an indirect jump through a jump table that is stored in the rodata (read-only data) section. How to get objdump or any other tool to show me the contents of this data section? I could execute the program and examine the relevant addresses in the debugger, but I don't want to do that because it has to be done interactively. The ideal answer will identify a tool that will not only show me the contents but will let me control the display format, much as od does. hobbs objdump -s -j .rodata exefile gives a