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PPCEXPLAIN(1)             BSD General Commands Manual            PPCEXPLAIN(1)

NAME
     /Developer/Tools/PPCExplain -- Verbose description of PowerPC mnemonics

SYNOPSIS
     /Developer/Tools/PPCExplain <opcode>

DESCRIPTION
     /Developer/Tools/PPCExplain is a tool to print the meaning and arguments for Power PC mnemonics.  It is
     useful when reading or writing Power PC assembly code.

     The mnemonics are from "Programming Environments Manual For 32-Bit Implementations of the PowerPC
     Architecture" MPCFPE32B/AD, 12/2001, REV 2.

     <opcode> The Power PC opcode to explain.

RETURN VALUES
     0        success
     1        Invalid opcode
     2        any other error

EXAMPLES
     /Developer/Tools/PPCExplain dcbst dcbst: data cache block store
       rA,rB

Mac OS X                         June 3, 2004                         Mac OS X