SYD-ELF(1)

💅 SYD-ELF(1)

okay so bestie, welcome to syd-elf</pretty> — it's the General Commands Manual page for a tiny little tool that basically does a vibe check on your executables ✨ like it literally just prints executable file information and dips. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

syd-elf — print executable file information 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

syd-elf [-36dhpstxX] binary|script

that's it. that's the whole thing. you give it a binary or a script and it tells you what's up 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕:

• give it a binary → it prints the file name and the ELF information. iconic behavior honestly.
• give it a script → it prints the file name and literally just the word "SCRIPT". that's the whole message. it ate and left no crumbs 😭

and the info line? it's a list of fields delimited by colons. so like field:field:field, iykyk 🌈 lowkey satisfying ngl.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

okay this is the part where she really shines ✨ every single one of these:

• -h — display help and exit. the classic "help me bestie" move 🙈
• -3 — exit with success if the given binary is 32-bit. tiny king energy 👑
• -6 — exit with success if the given binary is 64-bit. big king energy 👑
• -d — exit with success if the given binary is dynamically linked. she's connected fr fr 🦋
• -s — exit with success if the given binary is statically linked. self-sufficient main character 🎀
• -p — exit with success if the given binary is a Position Independent Executable (PIE). yes that's the whole name, do not abbreviate, we respect her 🥧
• -t — print the type of the file as an abbreviation. short queen, she doesn't ramble 💀
• -x — exit with success if the given executable is a script. script girlies rise 🌸
• -X — exit with success if the given binary has executable stack. okay this one's a little spicy, heads up 🔥

ok real talk: notice that the exit-with-success ones (-3, -6, -d, -s, -p, -x, -X) are literally doing a yes/no check — success means "yes bestie, it matches" 💖 and -h and -t are the ones that actually print stuff. the girls that get it, get it ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these next, they're all part of the same friend group 🫶:

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

and the syd homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/ — go visit her, she's gorgeous 💖

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

maintained by Ali Polatel — periodt 💅

up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and on Radicle at rad:z38HCnbmcDegA2BMxuPaPRPMdp6wF. 🦋

bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues — she accepts constructive criticism, respectfully 🎀

and you can come discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix. pull up, it's a whole vibe 🌸

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okay bye bestie, mwah 💋 — this page was brought to you by the General Commands Manual, dated 2026-09-01 (so fresh, so clean ✨), and yes she's still called SYD-ELF(1) if you need to cite her in your essay 🎀💖