Can I print out .text section of a binary from ghidra using headless or ghidrascript?? if so, how would i do it?

[anzosasuke]

Can I print out .text section of a binary from ghidra?? if so, how would i do it?

[dragonmacher]

You should be able to:

1. select the .text section (use Select -> Bytes...)
2. export the selected contents (File -> Export)

Choose ASCII or HTML for the output. Be sure to check the box that limits the output to your selection. There is an options button on the export dialog that allows you to configure what gets printed.

You could also perform more fine-grained output via a custom GhidraScript.

[anzosasuke]

I think I could do that in future. but I am just starting.

[anzosasuke]

while trying to access getMemoryBlock('.text'), I am getting this error. I am a newbie and using jython to exploit API is kinda new thing for me. Can you help me with this?

AttributeError: 'ghidra.program.database.ProgramDB' object has no attribute 'getMemoryBlock'

[astrelsky]

Change currentProgram.getMemoryBlock('.text') to getMemoryBlock('.text').

[anzosasuke]

It seems to give me memory block DB@ some address. I tried getting the bytes inside of .text section. It's not iterable. memoryblockInputStream is not a string or buffer to write in a file. I can't seem to find a way to get those bytes inside .text section. I must be dumb. Can you please ,may be help me with this one too.?

[anzosasuke]

offset = 1052832
size = 533
data_in = getMemoryBlock('.text').getData()
data = data_in.read(byte[] b, 1052832, 533) # I am getting error here. tried using bytes instead of byte[] b, I am doing somethinf wrong here, I dont know what that is ?