readpe(1)

readpe1

Displays information about pe files

Usage

readpe [OPTIONS] ... pefile

Overview

readpe can read and display all PE file headers, fields and values. It's part of pev, the PE file analysis toolkit.

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

Options

-A, --all

Full output (default).

-H, --all-headers

Show all PE headers.

-S, --all-sections

Show PE section headers.

-f, --format <text|csv|xml|html>

Change output format (default: text).

-d, --dirs

Show data directories.

-h, --header <dos|coff|optional>

Show specific header. 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

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11–12
  3. 13

Reporting bugs

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

From readpe 0.84-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.