pvdb
/ list_targets.sh
Last active
August 16, 2024 15:26
List all targets (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "goals") in a GNU Makefile
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| # | |
| # this gist can be used to list all targets, or - more correctly - rules, | |
| # that are defined in a Makefile (and possibly other included Makefiles) | |
| # and is inspired by Jack Kelly's reply to a StackOverflow question: | |
| # | |
| # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3063507/list-goals-targets-in-gnu-make/3632592#3632592 | |
| # | |
| # I also found this script - http://www.shelldorado.com/scripts/cmds/targets - which does | |
| # something similar using awk, but it extracts targets from the "static" rules from a single | |
| # Makefile, meaning it ignores any included Makefiles, as well as targets from "dynamic" rules |