READPE(1)

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✨ readpe(1) — the girlies' guide to PE files ✨

okay so bestie, you know readpe? it's a manual page from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally the moment you've been waiting for. let's get into it 💅

💖 NAME 💖

readpe — displays information about PE files

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

readpe [OPTIONS]...  pefile

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

readpe can read and display all PE file headers, fields and values. no cap. it's part of pev, the PE file analysis toolkit — you know, the whole squad. 👑

pefile is a PE32/PE32+ executable or dynamic linked library file.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -A, --all — full output, and yes that's the default bestie, it's giving everything 🫶
  • -H, --all-headers — show all PE headers
  • -S, --all-sections — show PE section headers
  • -f, --format <text|csv|xml|html> — change the output format (default: text). pick your aesthetic 🌈
  • -d, --dirs — show data directories
  • -h, --header <dos|coff|optional> — show a specific header. lowkey iconic: it can be used multiple times ⭐
  • -i, --imports — show imported functions
  • -e, --exports — show exported functions
  • -V, --version — show version
  • --help — show this help

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

display the Optional file header of putty.exe:

$ readpe -h optional putty.exe

display data directories and exported functions of cards.dll:

$ readpe -de cards.dll

display all possible information about svchost.exe file:

$ readpe svchost.exe

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

please, check the latest development code and report at https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/issues

not me asking you to actually check the dev code first, bestie, i'm begging 🙈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

ofs2rva(1), pedis(1), pehash(1), peldd(1), pepack(1), peres(1), pescan(1), pesec(1), pestr(1), rva2ofs(1)

Copyright (C) 2013 - 2020 pev authors. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

fr fr read that one again. NO WARRANTY. it's giving "you're on your own babe" 💀

okay that's the whole thing, mwah 💋 this was the readpe(1) page straight out of the General Commands Manual — go forth and analyze those PE files, main character 🧚

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