Simple script to run a pev binary on multiple samples and generate a single output file which is validated by a linter at the end

pev-multi-test.sh

#!/bin/bash

SAMPLES_DIRECTORY="../pev/samples/"
OUTPUT_FILE="result.json"

PEV_TOOL_COMMAND="./src/build/readpe -f json"
# npm install jsonlint -g
LINTER_COMMAND="jsonlint"

counter=0

echo "{" > $OUTPUT_FILE

find "$SAMPLES_DIRECTORY" -name "*.dll" -or -name "*.exe" -type f -print | while read -r line;
do
  if [ "${counter}" -ne "0" ]; then
    echo "," >> $OUTPUT_FILE
  fi
  counter=$((counter +1))

  echo "File: \"$line\"" # Print to stdout/console which file is being analysed
  
  echo "\"$line\":" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
  $PEV_TOOL_COMMAND "$line" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
  EXIT_CODE=$?
  if [ $EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ];
  then
    echo "{ \"error\": \"exit status $EXIT_CODE\" }" >>  $OUTPUT_FILE
  fi
done

echo "}" >> $OUTPUT_FILE

$LINTER_COMMAND $OUTPUT_FILE > /dev/null && echo "VALID JSON" || echo "INVALID JSON"