Linux utils

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• brk, sbrk - change the program break (allocate more memory to the process)
  • also ANONYMOUS mmap can be used to allocate memory to process
• objdump - dump information about object files
  • objdump <program> -d - dissassembly sections
• readelf - extract information from ELF object files
  • readelf <program> -l - show headers
  • readelf <program> -S - show sections
• ldd - show dynamic libraries dependencies
• mprotect - changes memory permissions/protections
• nm - list symbols in object file

Misc

• file <file_path> - determine type of file
• less <text_file_path> - view text files
• size <program> - view section sizes of binary files