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I need to modify a script which is part of a programme I downloaded. However, when I try to view the script with vim, it is full of symbols, numbers and letters placed randomly. Is there anything I can do to read this script? This is part of the script:

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linux bash scripting process reverse-engineering

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  welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
  – Archemar
  Sep 1 at 9:28
  

  
  
  
  


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  fortran, looks like.
  – mikeserv
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  @mikeserv How can you tell?
  – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
  Sep 1 at 12:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
  – NobodyNada
  Sep 1 at 14:26
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm curious, why did you think this was a script?
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I need to modify a script which is part of a programme I downloaded. However, when I try to view the script with vim, it is full of symbols, numbers and letters placed randomly. Is there anything I can do to read this script? This is part of the script:

ELF > @ @ J @ 8 @ @ @ @ @ @ À À @ @ @ @ TB TB XB XBa XBa ˜† €B €Ba €Ba à à @ @ Påtd „( „(A „(A ´ ´ Qåtd /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 GNU % 8 ) # 7 $ . ' " , 1 * 6 5 3 / 2 % - 0 

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linux bash scripting process reverse-engineering

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edited Sep 1 at 11:49

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asked Sep 1 at 9:25

Chantelle Dimech

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  welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
  – Archemar
  Sep 1 at 9:28
  

  
  
  
  


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  fortran, looks like.
  – mikeserv
  Sep 1 at 9:48
  

  
  
  
  


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  @mikeserv How can you tell?
  – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
  Sep 1 at 12:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
  – NobodyNada
  Sep 1 at 14:26
  

  
  
  
  


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I need to modify a script which is part of a programme I downloaded. However, when I try to view the script with vim, it is full of symbols, numbers and letters placed randomly. Is there anything I can do to read this script? This is part of the script:

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linux bash scripting process reverse-engineering

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I need to modify a script which is part of a programme I downloaded. However, when I try to view the script with vim, it is full of symbols, numbers and letters placed randomly. Is there anything I can do to read this script? This is part of the script:

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linux bash scripting process reverse-engineering

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asked Sep 1 at 9:25

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asked Sep 1 at 9:25

Chantelle Dimech

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asked Sep 1 at 9:25

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  welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
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  fortran, looks like.
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  @mikeserv How can you tell?
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  @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
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  I'm curious, why did you think this was a script?
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  welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
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  @mikeserv How can you tell?
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  @ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
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  I'm curious, why did you think this was a script?
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welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
– Archemar
Sep 1 at 9:28

welcome to U&L, this is not a script but a binary (as seen by ELF string). to modify it, you need to edit sources, and recompile it.
– Archemar
Sep 1 at 9:28

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fortran, looks like.
– mikeserv
Sep 1 at 9:48

fortran, looks like.
– mikeserv
Sep 1 at 9:48

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@mikeserv How can you tell?
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Sep 1 at 12:59

@mikeserv How can you tell?
– Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Sep 1 at 12:59

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@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
– NobodyNada
Sep 1 at 14:26

@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen If you scroll to the right there’s some strings like libgfortran.so.3 and _gfortran_transfer_integer.
– NobodyNada
Sep 1 at 14:26

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I'm curious, why did you think this was a script?
– pipe
Sep 1 at 21:50

I'm curious, why did you think this was a script?
– pipe
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The "script" is not actually a script at all, but a compiled executable binary file. This is evident from the fact that it's not a text file and that it contains an ELF header.

This means that to change it, you would have to locate its source code (which may not be available on your machine, and in some cases it may not available publicly at all), change it, and recompile the binary executable.

How you do this depends on where you got the program from, what programming language its source is written in (probably Fortran using MPI judging from the library names and paths present in the binary output), and what build system it uses to build.

This may require installing one or several additional pieces of software on your system for rebuilding the executable, along with any dependencies (libraries and headers) that the source may be using.

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If you don't have the original source code and you are desperate, you can also decompile (reverse engineer) the executable file. It will give you something like assembler or c-code, maybe even fortran.

But you won't get the original source code from it, just some basic code with simple instructions, which compiles into the same binary as the original code.

Might need lots of research to understand it and fix what you want to change. With a lot of refactoring, renaming and extracting functions, you could even get a usuable source code for future development or porting to another platform.

convert executable back to C source code

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  Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
  – Michael Kjörling
  Sep 2 at 15:53
  

  
  
  
  


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  @MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
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The "script" is not actually a script at all, but a compiled executable binary file. This is evident from the fact that it's not a text file and that it contains an ELF header.

This means that to change it, you would have to locate its source code (which may not be available on your machine, and in some cases it may not available publicly at all), change it, and recompile the binary executable.

How you do this depends on where you got the program from, what programming language its source is written in (probably Fortran using MPI judging from the library names and paths present in the binary output), and what build system it uses to build.

This may require installing one or several additional pieces of software on your system for rebuilding the executable, along with any dependencies (libraries and headers) that the source may be using.

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edited Sep 2 at 8:44

answered Sep 1 at 9:41

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up vote
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The "script" is not actually a script at all, but a compiled executable binary file. This is evident from the fact that it's not a text file and that it contains an ELF header.

This means that to change it, you would have to locate its source code (which may not be available on your machine, and in some cases it may not available publicly at all), change it, and recompile the binary executable.

How you do this depends on where you got the program from, what programming language its source is written in (probably Fortran using MPI judging from the library names and paths present in the binary output), and what build system it uses to build.

This may require installing one or several additional pieces of software on your system for rebuilding the executable, along with any dependencies (libraries and headers) that the source may be using.

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 2 at 8:44

answered Sep 1 at 9:41

Kusalananda

105k14209326

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up vote
41
down vote

up vote
41
down vote

The "script" is not actually a script at all, but a compiled executable binary file. This is evident from the fact that it's not a text file and that it contains an ELF header.

This means that to change it, you would have to locate its source code (which may not be available on your machine, and in some cases it may not available publicly at all), change it, and recompile the binary executable.

How you do this depends on where you got the program from, what programming language its source is written in (probably Fortran using MPI judging from the library names and paths present in the binary output), and what build system it uses to build.

This may require installing one or several additional pieces of software on your system for rebuilding the executable, along with any dependencies (libraries and headers) that the source may be using.

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 2 at 8:44

answered Sep 1 at 9:41

Kusalananda

105k14209326

The "script" is not actually a script at all, but a compiled executable binary file. This is evident from the fact that it's not a text file and that it contains an ELF header.

This means that to change it, you would have to locate its source code (which may not be available on your machine, and in some cases it may not available publicly at all), change it, and recompile the binary executable.

How you do this depends on where you got the program from, what programming language its source is written in (probably Fortran using MPI judging from the library names and paths present in the binary output), and what build system it uses to build.

This may require installing one or several additional pieces of software on your system for rebuilding the executable, along with any dependencies (libraries and headers) that the source may be using.

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 2 at 8:44

answered Sep 1 at 9:41

Kusalananda

105k14209326

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edited Sep 2 at 8:44

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answered Sep 1 at 9:41

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answered Sep 1 at 9:41

Kusalananda

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answered Sep 1 at 9:41

Kusalananda

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105k14209326

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add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote

If you don't have the original source code and you are desperate, you can also decompile (reverse engineer) the executable file. It will give you something like assembler or c-code, maybe even fortran.

But you won't get the original source code from it, just some basic code with simple instructions, which compiles into the same binary as the original code.

Might need lots of research to understand it and fix what you want to change. With a lot of refactoring, renaming and extracting functions, you could even get a usuable source code for future development or porting to another platform.

convert executable back to C source code

share|improve this answer

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

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  Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
  – Michael Kjörling
  Sep 2 at 15:53
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
  – John Mc G.
  Sep 2 at 23:08
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote

If you don't have the original source code and you are desperate, you can also decompile (reverse engineer) the executable file. It will give you something like assembler or c-code, maybe even fortran.

But you won't get the original source code from it, just some basic code with simple instructions, which compiles into the same binary as the original code.

Might need lots of research to understand it and fix what you want to change. With a lot of refactoring, renaming and extracting functions, you could even get a usuable source code for future development or porting to another platform.

convert executable back to C source code

share|improve this answer

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
  – Michael Kjörling
  Sep 2 at 15:53
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
  – John Mc G.
  Sep 2 at 23:08
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote

up vote
3
down vote

If you don't have the original source code and you are desperate, you can also decompile (reverse engineer) the executable file. It will give you something like assembler or c-code, maybe even fortran.

But you won't get the original source code from it, just some basic code with simple instructions, which compiles into the same binary as the original code.

Might need lots of research to understand it and fix what you want to change. With a lot of refactoring, renaming and extracting functions, you could even get a usuable source code for future development or porting to another platform.

convert executable back to C source code

share|improve this answer

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

If you don't have the original source code and you are desperate, you can also decompile (reverse engineer) the executable file. It will give you something like assembler or c-code, maybe even fortran.

But you won't get the original source code from it, just some basic code with simple instructions, which compiles into the same binary as the original code.

Might need lots of research to understand it and fix what you want to change. With a lot of refactoring, renaming and extracting functions, you could even get a usuable source code for future development or porting to another platform.

convert executable back to C source code

share|improve this answer

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

answered Sep 2 at 0:28

John Mc G.

311

311

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
  – Michael Kjörling
  Sep 2 at 15:53
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
  – John Mc G.
  Sep 2 at 23:08
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
  – Michael Kjörling
  Sep 2 at 15:53
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
  – John Mc G.
  Sep 2 at 23:08
  

  
  
  
  

Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
– Michael Kjörling
Sep 2 at 15:53

Decompiling and reverse engineering are two very different techniques. To begin with, if Wikipedia can be taken at face value, the former is an automated process, whereas the latter is a manual process. This agrees well with the ways I've seen the terms used in practice.
– Michael Kjörling
Sep 2 at 15:53

@MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
– John Mc G.
Sep 2 at 23:08

@MichaelKjörling feel fre to edit the answer, I know almost nothing about it. I only knew that it is possible, other people having the same question might not, so I added that information.
– John Mc G.
Sep 2 at 23:08

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