NAME
missidentify - Find executable files without an executable extension
SYNOPSIS
missidentify [-rqablv] [-s|-S len] [-Vh] [FILES]
DESCRIPTION
Miss Identify looks at the header of every file it processes and
determines if it is a PE executable (Windows executable). Such files
can include programs, device drivers, and DLLs. By default the program
displays the filename if the extension of the file does not match one
of the known executable extensions (.exe, .com, .sys, or .dll). Other
options can make the program display the filename of all executable
files.
-r Enables recursive mode. All subdirectories are traversed. Please
note that recursive mode cannot be used to examine all files of
a given file extension. For example, calling missidentify -r
*.txt will examine all files in directories that end in .txt.
-q Silent mode. All error messages except fatal errors are
surpressed.
-a Display filenames of all executables
-b Enables bare mode. Strips any leading directory information from
displayed filenames. This flag may not be used in conjunction
with the -l flag.
-l Enables relative file paths. Instead of printing the absolute
path for each file, displays the relative file path as indicated
on the command line. This flag may not be used in conjunction
with the -b flag.
-v Verbose mode. Displays the name of every 10th file as a progress
indicator.
-s-S len
Prints strings of length len with each filename. With lowercase
letter, puts filename before string. With uppercase letter, puts
strings before filename.
-h Show a help screen and exit.
-V Show the version number and exit.
BUGS
The program can be fooled by any file with more than 1024 bytes between
the MZ header and the PE header.
AUTHOR
Miss Identify was written by Jesse Kornblum
http://missidentify.sf.net/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Jesse Kornblum. This is free software. You may
redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License version 2. There is NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for more
details.
SEE ALSO
file(1)