The Ever Smallest ELF File

What's the smallest executable ELF file in Linux? 45 bytes.

This 45-byte file is less than 1/8 the size of the smallest ELF executable we could create using the standard tools, and is less than 1/15 the size of the smallest file we could create using pure C code. We have stripped everything out of the file that we could, and put to dual purpose most of what we couldn't.

Of course, half of the values in this file violate some part of the ELF standard, and it's a wonder than Linux will even consent to sneeze on it, much less give it a process ID. This is not the sort of program to which one would normally be willing to confess authorship.

On the other hand, every single byte in this executable file can be accounted for and justified. How many executable files have you created lately that you can say that about?

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