---
name: "pescan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "readpe"
version: "0.84-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pescan"
---

# pescan(1)

identify suspicious characteristics in PE files

## NAME

pescan - identify suspicious characteristics in PE files

## SYNOPSIS

**pescan** \[OPTIONS\]... *pefile*

## DESCRIPTION

pescan analyze a PE file statically to determine if it contains suspicious characteristics. It's part of pev, the PE file analysis toolkit.

*pefile* is a PE32/PE32+ executable or dynamic linked library file.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**, **--format \<text\|csv\|xml\|html\>**

  Change output format (default is text).

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Show more information about found items.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Show version.

- **--help**

  Show help.

## EXAMPLES

Search suspicious things in **putty.exe**:

-

  $ pescan putty.exe

## REPORTING BUGS

Please, check the latest development code and report at https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/issues

## SEE ALSO

[**ofs2rva**(1)](/ofs2rva/1.md), [**pedis**(1)](/pedis/1.md), [**pehash**(1)](/pehash/1.md), [**peldd**(1)](/peldd/1.md), [**pepack**(1)](/pepack/1.md), [**peres**(1)](/peres/1.md), [**pesec**(1)](/pesec/1.md), [**pestr**(1)](/pestr/1.md), [**readpe**(1)](/readpe/1.md), [**rva2ofs**(1)](/rva2ofs/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2013 - 2020 pev authors. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt\>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.