shc: shell compiler?

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Has anyone ever gotten shc compiler program to work. I am trying to encrypt
a bash script on centos. When I run the command "shc -f test.sh", the binary actually gets created; however, when I try to run the binary I get the following the error:

[root@CENTOS scripts]# ./test.sh.x
./test.sh.x: No such file or directory: �#%f���?���{*��E

What might be happening here?

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fyi... The following is how I got shc compiler to work:

  1. find the path to gcc or install it.
  2. export CC="path to gcc"
    3.make
    4.mkdir /usr/local/man/man1
    5.make install
    6.If make install errors out with this error: install: The -c, -f, -n options each
    require a directory following!
    then:
    prompt> install -c /usr/local/bin -s shc /usr/local/bin
    prompt> install -c /usr/local/man/man1 -s shc.1 /usr/local/man/man1
  3. shc -v -r -T -f scriptname.sh
  4. To execute script type the following: ./scriptname.sh.x

I hope this helps.