NAME

bp − binary patcher

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bp [ −qdh ] [ −s symfile ] filename symbol[+offset ] [ new_value ]

DESCRIPTION

Bp is a binary file patch program.  When new_value is omitted, filename will be opened readonly and the value at symbol displayed.  When new_value is specified, filename is opened for reading and writing, the old value at symbol read, new_value is written and both new and old values are displayed. 

The −q option makes bp quiet about displaying anything.  The −d and −h options set the display radix to decimal and hex respectively.  New_value and offset are assumed to be decimal numbers unless they have a leading ’0x’ which is recognized as indicating a hex number. 

Following the −s option is the name of a file to look up the value of symbol.  Symfile can be identical to filename.  A leading underscore will be optionally added to symbol when looking for a match. 

It is possible to specify an absolute address by omiting symbol and just specifying offset. 

If both symbol and offset are specified, there must be no space between the symbol and offset (only a ’+’), otherwise offset will appear to be a new_value, and symbol will be modified. 

SEE ALSO

nm(1)

BUGS

Bp only reads and writes in 4 byte quantities. 

The symbol matching can be fooled into matching the wrong symbol if you specify a symbol without a leading underbar and two symbols exist such that one has a leading underbar and the other does not. 

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