---
name: "dumpet"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dumpet"
version: "2.1-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dumpet"
---

# dumpet(1)

dump information about bootable CDs and other similar formats

## NAME

**dumpet** – dump information about bootable CDs and other similar formats

## SYNOPSIS

**dumpet** **-****-iso** *image* \[**-****-dumpdisks**\] \[**-****-dumphex**\|**-****-xml**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dumpet** is a tool for debugging El Torito boot images.

The following options are available:

- **-**?, **-****-help**

  Display help information.

- **-i**, **-****-iso** *image*

  The file name of the input ISO image.

- **-d**, **-****-dumpdisks**

  Dump each El Torito boot image into a file. If **-****-xml** is not given, the files will be named *image*.1, *image*.2, etc. in sequence. Otherwise, BootImage tags will be added to the output XML document with the content of each boot image in hexadecimal.

- **-h**, **-****-dumphex**

  Dump each El Torito structure in hexadecimal. This option has no effect if **-****-xml** is given.

- **-x**, **-****-xml**

  Dump the El Torito structure to standard output as an XML document.

## AUTHORS

Peter Jones ⟨pjones@redhat.com⟩