How to use SHC Bash Script Compiler

copy shc binary to /bin (cp shc /bin) give execute permissions (chmod +x /bin/shc)

shc

This will give you all the options of the command.

shc Copyright (c) 1994-2003 Francisco Rosales frosal@fi.upm.es shc Usage: shc [-e date] [-m addr] [-i iopt] [-x cmnd] [-l lopt] [-rvDTCAh] -f script

-e %s  Expiration date in dd/mm/yyyy format [none]
-m %s  Message to display upon expiration ["Please contact your provider"]
-f %s  File name of the script to compile
-i %s  Inline option for the shell interpreter i.e: -e
-x %s  eXec command, as a printf format i.e: exec('%s',@ARGV);
-l %s  Last shell option i.e: --
-r     Relax security. Make a redistributable binary
-v     Verbose compilation
-D     Switch ON debug exec calls [OFF]
-T     Allow binary to be traceable [no]
-C     Display license and exit
-A     Display abstract and exit
-h     Display help and exit

Environment variables used:
Name    Default  Usage
CC      cc       C compiler command
CFLAGS  <none>   C compiler flags

Please consult the shc(1) man page.

Below is a example for how to use it.

shc -e 31/12/2010 -m "Please contact Gourav Joshi at Gmail dot com" -r -f configs.sh

This will create 2 file as output; config.sh.x config.sh.x.c

We just have to rename the ".x" file as some name. e.g.

mv config.sh.x configs

This will create a binary "configs", which we will give execute permission and use.

chmod +x configs

cp -ap configs /bin

Now we can use it directly.

configs

Note: - The software used here is a copyright software which is available free to use. There is no code written by me. This document is only meant to help for how to use this software and create a binary of bash script. Any suggestions regarding the software can be directly send at frosal@fi.upm.es