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+// $ readelf -h ./elf
+// https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/blob/master/binutils/readelf.c
+
+// There is still a problem with packed structs and aligment padding
+// better referenced in these two threads (sometime struct is not aligned
+// properly or even has 1 byte more than its C alternative):
+//  - https://ziggit.dev/t/mapping-64-u8-buffer-to-a-struct/6052/19
+//  - https://ziggit.dev/t/wrong-sizes-of-extern-packed-structs/6053/6
+
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const Elf64ExecutionHeader = packed struct {
+    ident: u128,
+    type: u16,
+    machine: u16,
+    version: u32,
+    entry: u64,
+    phoff: u64,
+    shoff: u64,
+    flags: u32,
+    ehsize: u16,
+    phentsize: u16,
+    phnum: u16,
+    shentsize: u16,
+    shnum: u16,
+    shstrndx: u16,
+};
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile("./elf", .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    var buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    _ = try file.read(buffer[0..]);
+
+    const header: *Elf64ExecutionHeader = @ptrCast(@alignCast(&buffer));
+
+    std.debug.print("Object file type: {}\n", .{header.type});
+    std.debug.print("Architecture: {}\n", .{header.machine});
+    std.debug.print("Object file version: 0x{X:0>2}\n", .{header.version});
+    std.debug.print("Entry point virtual address: 0x{X:0>2}\n", .{header.entry});
+    std.debug.print("Program header table file offset: {}\n", .{header.phoff});
+    std.debug.print("Section header table file offset: {}\n", .{header.shoff});
+    std.debug.print("Processor-specific flags: 0x{X:0>2}\n", .{header.flags});
+    std.debug.print("ELF header size in bytes: {}\n", .{header.ehsize});
+    std.debug.print("Program header table entry size: {}\n", .{header.phentsize});
+    // std.debug.print("Program header table entry count: {}\n", .{header.phnum});
+    // std.debug.print("Section header table entry size: {}\n", .{header.shentsize});
+    // std.debug.print("Section header table entry count: {}\n", .{header.shnum});
+    // std.debug.print("Section header string table index: {}\n", .{header.shstrndx});
+}