binwalk — Firmware Analysis Tool. More information: <https://manned.org/binwalk>.

Scan a binary file

binwalk {{path/to/binary}}

Extract files from a binary, specifying the output directory

binwalk {{[-e|--extract]}} {{[-C|--directory]}} {{output_directory}} {{path/to/binary}}

Recursively extract files from a binary limiting the recursion depth to 2

binwalk {{[-e|--extract]}} {{[-M|--matryoshka]}} {{[-d|--depth]}} {{2}} {{path/to/binary}}

Extract files from a binary with the specified file signature

binwalk {{[-D|--dd]}} '{{png image:png}}' {{path/to/binary}}

Analyze the entropy of a binary, saving the plot with the same name as the binary and `.png` extension appended

binwalk {{[-E|--entropy]}} {{[-J|--save]}} {{path/to/binary}}