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gumby 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Evolution of the ELF object file format

You could just have called objdump — that’s what it’s for.

WalterBright 3 months ago [–]

I like mine better :-/

The same executable will also detect and dump Elf, Mach, MScoff, and OMF object files.

Besides, one doesn't learn anything about how to decode the format by using an existing tool that presents it in decoded form.

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