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monodis: Show information about an assembly.
$ monodis --assembly ${path-to-assembly-dll}
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The command "monodis --assembly ${path-to-assembly-dll}" is used to disassemble a .NET assembly file using the "monodis" tool in the Mono framework.

Here's the breakdown of the command components:

  • "monodis": It is a command-line tool provided by Mono, which is an open-source implementation of the .NET framework. This tool allows you to disassemble .NET assemblies into human-readable IL (Intermediate Language) code.

  • "--assembly": This option specifies that the following argument is the path to the assembly file that you want to disassemble.

  • "${path-to-assembly-dll}": This is a placeholder representing the actual path to the assembly DLL file. You need to replace it with the specific path to the assembly you want to disassemble on your system.

When you run this command with the appropriate path to the assembly DLL, the "monodis" tool reads the assembly and outputs the disassembled IL code to the console. This disassembled code represents a lower-level representation of the original high-level .NET code in the assembly.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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