binwalk(1)

BINWALK(1) User Commands BINWALK(1)

NAME

binwalk - Firmware Analysis Tool

SYNOPSIS

binwalk [OPTIONS] [FILE_NAME]

DESCRIPTION

Analyzes data for embedded file types

Arguments:

[FILE_NAME]
Path to the file to analyze

OPTIONS

-L, --list
List supported signatures and extractors
-q, --quiet
Supress output to stdout
-v, --verbose
During recursive extraction display *all* results
-e, --extract
Automatically extract known file types
-M, --matryoshka
Recursively scan extracted files
-a, --search-all
Search for all signatures at all offsets
-E, --entropy
Plot the entropy of the specified file
-l, --log <LOG>
Log JSON results to a file
-t, --threads <THREADS>
Manually specify the number of threads to use
-x, --exclude <EXCLUDE>...
Do no scan for these signatures
-y, --include <INCLUDE>...
Only scan for these signatures
-C, --directory <DIRECTORY>
Extract files/folders to a custom directory [default: extractions]
-h, --help
Print help
-V, --version
Print version
August 2025 binwalk 3.1.0