ExeTools is currently a PowerShell module that only provides the Get-ExeArchitecture cmdlet. I needed it on my
new Windows Dev Kit 2023 machine to see which are actually . To install it:
Install-Module ExeTools
This function returns the target architecture of an executable binary file. It uses .NET's native System.Reflection.PortableExecutable namespace so it probably doesn't recognize ARM64EC (x64 binaries that can be natively re-compiled into ARM64).
Since it's PortableExecutable specific at the moment, this function fails on ELF binaries on Unix.
Example:
Get-ExeArchitecture *.exe
The output would resemble this:
Architecture Path
------------ ----
I386 C:\temp\Autoruns.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\Autoruns64.exe
Arm64 C:\temp\Autoruns64a.exe
I386 C:\temp\autorunsc.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\autorunsc64.exe
Arm64 C:\temp\autorunsc64a.exe
I386 C:\temp\baslist.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\bzip2.exe
I386 C:\temp\certutil.exe
I386 C:\temp\cloc.exe
I386 C:\temp\Coreinfo.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\cports.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\curl.exe
Amd64 C:\temp\depends.exe
I386 C:\temp\disk2vhd.exe
I386 C:\temp\gzip.exe
Recurse subdirectories:
dir *.exe -r | Get-ExeArchitecture
Find all ARM64 binaries on your disk:
dir *.exe -r | Get-ExeArchitecture | where { $_.Architecture -eq Arm64 }
Find non-x64 executables currently running on the system:
(ps).Path | ? { $_ } | Get-ExeArchitecture | ? { $_.Architecture -ne "Amd64" }
Feel free to send PRs to add more functionality, add testing, or fix bugs related to executable related operations.
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