readelf

A simple ELF format inspect tool without any dependencies.

Implemented Features

• ELF file header (with -h or -a options)
• ELF sections' header (with -S option)

Getting Started

1. Clone this repo to local.

# clone with https
git clone https://github.com/ghosind/readelf.git
# clone with ssh
git clone git@github.com:ghosind/readelf.git

2. Run make to compile program.

make

NOTE: You may need to install automake tools before run this command.

3. Run bin/readelf to inspect some elf-format files.

./bin/readelf -a <path_of_elf_format_file>

Documentations and Resources

• Portable Formats Specification, Version 1.1
• readelf manual
• Implementation in binutils