Bash Cookbook

How to do it...

1. First, we will check the executable. Run the following command:

$ file binary_name

2. Now we will write a command to find strings within the binary. Run the following command:

$ strings binary_name

3. We can hexdump a file by running the following command:

$ od -tx1 binary_name

4. We can list the symbols in the binary by running the following command:

$ nm binary_name

5. You can check which shared library it has been linked with by running the following command:

$ ldd binary_name