Created:        2022-10-15 Sat
Last modified:  2023-02-11 Sat

shc: Generic shell script compiler¶

From man [1] page:

shc's main purpose is to protect your shell scripts from modification or inspection. You can use it if you wish to distribute your scripts but don't want them to be easily readable by other people.

Usage:

$ cat hi.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo hi

$ shc -v -Hf  hi.sh -o hi
shc shll=bash
shc [-i]=-c
shc [-x]=exec '%s' "$@"
shc [-l]=
shc opts=
shc: cc   hi.sh.x.c -o hi
shc: strip hi
shc: chmod ug=rwx,o=rx hi

$ ./hi
hi

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