What does /sbin/ifconfig contain?

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My file shows as attached. Is it corrupted?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '17 at 05:12

It's a binary file. You can't simply cat or see the content of it.

It contains instructions sent to the OS.

I can't tell if that's the exact output I'd expect, but it looks like the output of a binary file. If you provide the. Sesión and hash of it, I could try and see if it matches an unmodified binary.

What are you trying to figure out?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 05:13

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In general, things in /sbin/ are binary (non-text), executable files. This, in particular, is an x86_64 ELF executable (try file /sbin/ifconfig). Out of curiosity, what did you expect to see?

answered Apr 08 '17 at 05:13

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Thanks, instead of running it as command /etc/ifconfig, i did vi /etc/ifconfig – Pranav Apr 08 '17 at 05:23

What does /sbin/ifconfig contain?

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