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File Analysis Tools

  • file - Determine the file type.
  • ldd - Print the shared object dependencies.
  • ltrace - Prints all functions called at runtime by the library.
  • hexdump - Print file contents in ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal or octal.
  • strings - Print the strings of printable characters in files.
  • readelf - Display information about ELF (Executable and Linkable File format), used when file command interprets file as ELF
  • objdump - Prints assembly instructions of file.
  • nm - Prints information about variables and functions from the binary. Useful when don't have access to source code.
  • gdb