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7F 45 4C 46

ELF executable

category
file-signature
normalized
7f454c46
confirmed
2026-05-07
lookups
1
source
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/elf/elf.pdf

File signature of an ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) binary: 0x7F followed by "ELF". The standard executable format on Linux and most Unix-like systems.

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