Display the type of a Windows EXE file.
exetype [options] target.exe
Options (defaults in parentheses):
-t | --type Only display exe type
-c | --cpu Only display cpu type
-q | --quiet Only display errors, set errorcode to exe type
-v | --version Show version and copyright and quit
-? | --help Show this help message and quit
c:\>exetype exetype.exe
exetype.exe: Windows Console (x86 32-bit)
c:\>exetype %windir%\notepad.exe
C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe: Windows GUI (x86 32-bit)
c:\>echo %errorlevel%
2
c:\>exetype -q exetype.exe
c:\>echo %errorlevel%
3IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_UNKNOWN 0 // Unknown subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_NATIVE 1 // Image doesn't require a subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI 2 // Image runs in the Windows GUI subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI 3 // Image runs in the Windows character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_OS2_CUI 5 // image runs in the OS/2 character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_POSIX_CUI 7 // image runs in the Posix character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_NATIVE_WINDOWS 8 // image is a native Win9x driver.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CE_GUI 9 // Image runs in the Windows CE subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_APPLICATION 10 //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_BOOT_SERVICE_DRIVER 11 //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_RUNTIME_DRIVER 12 //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_ROM 13
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_XBOX 14
To verify a release, download the .zip, .sha256, and .asc files for the release (replacing exetype-1.3-win32.zip with the release you are verifying):
$ wget https://github.com/rasa/exetype/releases/download/v1.3/exetype-1.3-win32.zip{,.sha256,.asc}
Next, check that sha256sum reports "OK":
$ sha256sum -c exetype-1.3-win32.zip.sha256
exetype-1.3-win32.zip: OK
Lastly, check that GPG reports "Good signature":
$ gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0x105a5225b6ab4b22
$ gpg --verify exetype-1.3-win32.zip.asc exetype-1.3-win32.zip
gpg: using RSA key 0xFF914F74B4BB6EF3
gpg: Good signature from "Ross Smith II <[email protected]>" [ultimate]
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To contribute to this project, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
To view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see issues.
To view the version history for this project, please see CHANGELOG.md.
This project is MIT licensed.
This project was created and is maintained by Ross Smith II
Feedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.