MSVC list symbols inside a static .lib file

Question

Is there a command line tool that I can use (or comes with) Visual Studio that will print the names of the symbols inside a C++ static lib file in a simple and easy to parse format?

Solution

There is the dumpbin.exe tool included with MSVC, which you can use.

For example to display all information about the library:

dumpbin.exe /ALL yourlib.lib

See MSDN for reference.