SYD-ELF(1) General Commands Manual SYD-ELF(1)

syd-elf - print executable file information

syd-elf [-36dhpstxX] binary|script

Given a binary, print file name and ELF information.

Given a script, print file name and "SCRIPT".

The information line is a list of fields delimited by colons.

-h Display help and exit.

-3 Exit with success if the given binary is 32-bit.

-6 Exit with success if the given binary is 64-bit.

-d Exit with success if the given binary is dynamically linked.

-s Exit with success if the given binary is statically linked.

-p Exit with success if the given binary is a Position Independent Executable (PIE).

-t Print the type of the file as an abbreviation.

-x Exit with success if the given executable is a script.

-X Exit with success if the given binary has executable stack.

syd(1), syd(2), syd(5), syd-ldd(1), ldd_(1)

syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/

Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix.

2025-06-23