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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Getting Started
  • Starting Ghidra
  • Error Dialogs
  • Overview
  • Docking Windows
  • Ghidra Project Window
  • Ghidra Server
  • About Ghidra
• Ghidra Projects
  • New Project
  • Open Project
  • Close Project
  • Reopen Project
  • Save Project
  • Archive Current Project
  • Restore Project
  • Project Repository
  • Project Access List
• Programs
  • Import Program
  • Batch Import
  • Export Program
  • Open Program
  • Close Program
  • Navigate Programs
  • Rename Program
  • Save Program
  • Delete Program
  • About Program
  • Merge Programs
• Tools
  • Configure Tool
  • Default Tools
  • Tool Options Dialog
  • Create Tool
  • Run Tool
  • Close Tool
  • Save Tool
  • Tool Connections
  • Edit Plugin Path
  • Import Tools
  • Import Default Tools
  • Export Tool
• Ghidra Functionality
  • Assembler
  • BSim
    • BSim Database Configuration
      • Overview
      • Server Configuration
      • Creating a Database
      • Tailoring BSim Meta-data
    • Ingesting Executables
      • Ingest Process
      • Tailoring Analysis
      • Analysis Effects on Feature Extraction
      • Maintenance
      • Migration
    • BSim Search
      • Enabling the BSim Search Plugin
      • Defining And Managing BSim Database Definitions
      • Overview Query
      • Overview Query Results
      • Similar Function Search
      • Similar Function Search Results
      • Authentication
    • Features and Weights
      • Features of Software Functions
      • Weighting Software Features
      • Comparing Feature Vectors
      • BSim Feature Visualizer
    • Command-Line Utility Reference
      • BSim Control (bsim_ctl)
      • BSim Command (bsim)
  • Byte Viewer
    • Formats
    • Byte Editing
    • Configuration Options
  • Data Type Manager
    • Basic Concepts
    • Data Type Window
    • Archives
    • Categories
    • Data Types
    • Managing Archives
    • Structure Editor
    • Enum Editor
  • Code Browser
    • Browser Field Formatter
    • Markers
    • Cursor Text Highlight
    • Configuration Options
    • Program Differences
  • Debugger
    • Getting Started
      • Launching a Target
    • Launchers
      • drgn Integration
        • Attach
        • Core Dump
        • Linux Kernel
      • GDB Integration
        • gdbserver via SSH
        • Local
        • QEMU
        • Remote
        • rr
        • Via SSH
        • Wine
      • Java Debugger Integration
        • Attach b PID
        • Attach by JDWP
        • Local
      • LLDB Integration
        • Android (native)
        • Local
        • macOS Kernel
        • Remote
        • Via SSH
      • WinDbg (dbgeng.dll) Integration
        • Attach
        • Extended Local
        • Local
        • Process Server
        • Remote
        • TTD (Time-Travel Debugging)
        • Windows Kernel
    • Connection Manager
    • Troubleshooting
    • Debug Console
    • Copy Actions
    • Model
    • Threads
    • Trace Management
    • Emulation
    • Memory
    • Registers
    • Dynamic Listing
    • Disassembly and Assembly
    • Stack
    • Breakpoints
      • In the Listings
    • Memory Regions
    • Time
    • Modules and Sections
      • Static Mappings
      • Static Synchronization
    • Watches
    • Variable Hovers
    • Control and Machine State
    • Memview Plot
    • Time Overview Sidebar
    • P-code Stepper
    • Comparing Times
    • Platform Selection
  • Decompiler
    • Decompiler Concepts
      • P-code
      • The HighFunction
      • SLEIGH Specification Files
    • Program Annotations Affecting the Decompiler
      • Machine Instructions
      • Comments
      • Variable Annotations
      • Function Prototypes
      • Data Mutability
      • Constant Annotations
      • Register Values
    • Decompiler Options
      • General Options
      • Analysis Options
      • Display Options
      • Program Options
      • Specification Extensions
    • Decompiler Window
      • Display
      • Main Window
      • Snapshot Windows
      • Undefined Functions
      • Tool Bar
      • Mouse Actions
      • Pop-up Menu and Keyboard Actions
    • Decompiler Taint
  • Eclipse Integration
  • Entropy Overview
    • Entropy Calculation
    • Data Encoding
    • Color Palette
    • Configuration Options
  • FileSystem Browser
  • Function Bit Patterns Explorer
    • Byte Sequences
    • Instruction Sequences
    • Function Start Alignment
    • Context Register Information
    • Pattern Clipboard
  • Function ID
    • Function ID Analyzer
      • Analysis Options
      • Scoring and Disambiguation
    • Function ID Plugin
      • Enabling the Plug-in
      • Plug-in Functionality
      • Preparing Libraries for a Function ID Database
      • False Positives
    • Function ID Debug Plugin
      • Enabling the Plug-in
      • Plug-in Functionality
  • Graphing
    • Graph Services
      • Default Graph Display
      • Exporting a Graph
    • Data Graph
      • Layout
    • Function Call Graph
    • Function Graph
      • Primary View
      • Satellite View
      • Vertices
        • Vertex Grouping
      • Graph Actions
      • Popups
      • Zooming
      • Layouts
    • Program Graph
    • Visual Graphs
  • Memory Map
    • Editing a Memory Block
    • Operations on Memory Blocks
      • Add
      • Move
      • Split
      • Expand Up
      • Expand Down
      • Merge
      • Delete
      • Set Image Base
  • Program Annotation
    • Address Expressions
    • Auto Analysis
      • Forcing Analysis
      • Auto Analysis Options Panel
      • Implemented Auto Analyzers
        • Entry Point Analyzer
        • Subroutine Analyzer
        • Scalar Operand Analyzer
        • Data Reference Analyzer
        • MIPS address markup Analyzer
        • PowerPC Address Markup Analyzer
        • ARM Analyzer
        • Data Archive Analyzer
        • Demangler Analyzer
        • Decompiler Parameter ID Analyzer
        • Windows x86 Analyzer
        • Address Table Analyzer
        • Aggressive Instruction Finder
        • Condense Filler Bytes
    • Disassembly
      • Dynamic Disassembly
      • Static Disassembly
      • Restricted Disassembly
      • Processor Options
    • Data
      • Create Data
      • Data Types
      • Translate Strings
        • LibreTranslate
      • Save Image
    • Labels
      • Label Source
      • Default Label
      • Label Properties
      • Add/Edit Labels
      • Set Label
      • Label Operations
        • Adding a Label
        • Renaming a Label
        • Removing a Label
        • Setting the Namespace
        • Setting an External Entry Point
        • Making a Label Primary
        • Setting a Label in an Operand
        • Show Label History
    • Comments
      • Add or Edit Comments
      • Delete Comments
      • Navigating in Codebrowser through Comments
      • Displaying Comment History
    • References
      • Forward References
        • Memory References
          • Offset References
          • Offcut References
        • Stack References
        • Register References
        • External References
      • Back References
    • Equates
      • Set Equate
      • Remove Equate
      • Apply Enum
      • View Equates
      • Convert
        • Signed Decimal
        • Unsigned Decimal
        • Octal
        • Signed Hex
        • Unsigned Hex
        • Char / Char Sequence
        • Binary
    • Functions
      • Create Function
      • Re-create Function
      • Thunk Functions
      • External Functions
      • Create Multiple Functions
      • Rename Function
      • Delete Function
      • Function Purge
      • Function Repeatable Comment
      • Stack Depth Change
      • Function Signature and Variables
      • Function Tags
    • Set Register Values
    • Bookmarks
    • Clear
    • View Properties
    • Set Fallthrough Address
    • Navigation
      • Go to Address Label
      • Go to Next/Previous
      • Margin and Navigation Markers
    • Selection
      • Selection by Flow
      • Selection Highlighting
    • Program Search
      • Memory
      • Text
      • Search and Replace
      • Strings
      • Decompiled Text
      • Scalars
      • Instruction Patterns
      • Address Tables
      • Direct References
      • Query Results Window
    • DWARF External Debug Files
    • PDB
      • Load PDB File
      • PDB Parser (README_PDB)
    • SARIF
  • Program Tree
    • Folders and Fragments
    • Control the View
    • Cut/Copy/Paste and Drag and Drop
    • Program Organizations
    • Create view
    • Delete view
    • Rename view
    • Close view
  • Program Validator
  • Relocation Table
  • Scripting
    • Listing Scripts by Category
    • Information in Script Table
    • Finding Scripts with Search Filter
    • Script Manager Actions
      • Run a Script
      • Edit a Script
      • Edit a Script with Eclipse
      • Save a Script
      • Save a Script As...
      • Undo the Actions of a Script
      • Redo the Actions of a Script
      • Select Font in Script Editor
      • Assign Key Bindings for Scripts
      • Delete a Script
      • Rename a Script
      • Create a New Script
      • Refresh Script List
      • Add and Remove Script Directories
    • Console
    • Ghidra Script Development
    • Ghidra Bundles
    • Jython Interpreter
    • PyGhidra Interpreter
  • Symbol Table
    • Symbol References
    • Symbol Tree
    • Temporary Symbol Table
  • Version Tracking
    • Workflow
      • Preconditions
      • Example Workflow
      • Workflow FAQ
      • Common Problems
    • Program Correlators
      • BSim Program Correlator
      • Data Match Correlator
      • Function Match Correlator
      • Implied Match Correlator
      • Legacy Import Match Correlator
      • Manual Match Correlator
      • Symbol Name Match Correlator
    • Session Wizard
    • Tool
      • Matches Table
      • Markup Items Table
      • Functions Table
      • Related Matches Table
      • Implied Matches Table
  • Wildcard Assembler
• Support
  • GhidraGo
  • Headless Analyzer
• Keyboard Navigation
• Undo/Redo
• Glossary
• Tips of the Day
• Theming
  • User's Guide
  • Developer's Guide
  • Architecture
• Appendix
  • Block Models
  • Languages

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