distinguish shared objects from position independent executables

Question

I\'m looking for a fast way to check if a ELF binary is a shared object or a position independent executable. I think a can do that by checking the contained symbols / funct

Answer 1

Try the elfutils and the included program eh-readelf:

eh-readelf --file-header $ELFFILE

showw you the file header and what kind of file it is:

...
Typ:                               EXEC (Executable file)
...

or

Typ:                               DYN (Shared object file)

In combination with a little sed line you should get the results you want.