README.md

syscall-table-cli (64-bit and 32-bit)

Generate linux x86 and x86_64 system calls table JSON and parse it from command line.

Installation

• Install python-ctags3 and terminaltables:

  pip install python-ctags3 terminaltables.
  

• Change INSTALL_DIR, JSON_DIR and JSON_PATH from install.sh and syscalls to reflect you installation and json file directories preferences.
• Change SRC_DIR and KERNEL_VERSION from install.sh to change which dir the source will be downloaded and the version to download. Or you can simply go to https://kernel.org and download the KERNEL_VERSION tarball, extract it to SRC_DIR.
• Delete syscalls.json (to generate another one) and ./install.sh. The script will download the kernel source code, generate the ctags, generate the JSON file and copy the syscalls script to SRC_DIR and syscalls.json to JSON_DIR.

TL,DR: If you are ok with the linux 5.4.72 version syscalls, installing the script in /usr/bin/ and moving the JSON file to /usr/share/syscalls/ just clone the repo and

pip install python-ctags3 terminaltables && ./install.sh

Usage

Help:

syscalls -h

Search a x86 syscall:

syscalls -a 32 QUERY

Search a x86_64 syscall (default):

syscalls QUERY

Kernel versions

Tested with linux 5.4.72 and 4.14.202. should work with other versions too.

You might want to see

• https://syscalls64.paolostivanin.com/ by Paolo Stivanin (https://github.com/paolostivanin/syscalls-table-64bit)