reading an already complied excutable file

richardsamuelk · #1 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

Hi,
I want ot read a executable file. Please let me know how to read it

porter · #2 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

If it's a shell script just use vi

If it's Java, there are java decompilers

If it's a compiled binary, I suggest you find the source.

soleil4716 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

why do you want to read the file?

piltrafa · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2007

and if you want to find any human readable text inside a binary file you can use:

strings filename

drl · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007

Hi.

You can extract some interesting information from an executable or linkable -- binary -- file with namelist, see man nm for details, and / or just run nm on a .o, .a, or a.out style file ... cheers, drl

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