On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Tod McQuillin <de...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>
>> [gcoo...@optimus ~]$ python -c 'import sys; sys.stdin.read()' < make -V
>> bash: make: No such file or directory
>> [gcoo...@optimus ~]$ perl -e 'while (<>) { print; }' < make -V
>> bash: make: No such file or directory
>
> No, you have to say:
>
> python -c 'import sys; sys.stdin.read()' < /usr/bin/make
>
> perl -e 'while (<>) { print; }' < /usr/bin/make -V
>
> What was happening in your first example is that the actual file
> /usr/bin/make on disk is being read directly ... /usr/bin/make is never
> executed at all. That is why your hexdump showed an ELF header -- it came
> from /usr/bin/make which is an ELF executable.
Yeah... nevermind duh. Case closed :P...
Thanks!
-Garrett
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