inspection tool

gnu

http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/

The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are:

• ld - the GNU linker.
• as - the GNU assembler.

But they also include:

• addr2line - Converts addresses into filenames and line numbers.

• ar - A utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives.

• c++filt - Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols.

• dlltool - Creates files for building and using DLLs.

• gold - A new, faster, ELF only linker, still in beta test.

• gprof - Displays profiling information.

• nlmconv - Converts object code into an NLM.

• nm - Lists symbols from object files.

• objcopy - Copies and translates object files.

• objdump - Displays information from object files.

• ranlib - Generates an index to the contents of an archive.

• readelf - Displays information from any ELF format object file.

• size - Lists the section sizes of an object or archive file.

• strings - Lists printable strings from files.

• strip - Discards symbols.

• windmc - A Windows compatible message compiler.

• windres - A compiler for Windows resource files.

m$

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/c-cpp-build-tools

Visual Studio provides the following command-line utilities for viewing or manipulating build output:

• LIB.EXE is used to create and manage a library of Common Object File Format (COFF) object files.
  It can also be used to create export files and import libraries to reference exported definitions.

• EDITBIN.EXE is used to modify COFF binary files.

• DUMPBIN.EXE displays information (such as a symbol table) about COFF binary files.

• NMAKE reads and executes makefiles.

• ERRLOOK, the Error Lookup utility, retrieves a system error message or module error message based on the value entered.

• XDCMake. A tool for processing source code files that contain documentation comments marked up with XML tags.

• BSCMAKE.EXE (provided for backward compatibility only) builds a browse information file (.bsc)
  that contains information about the symbols (classes, functions, data, macros, and types) in your program.
  You view this information in browse windows within the development environment.
  (A .bsc file can also be built in the development environment.)