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Find which program caused a core dump file

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I've been going through intense program/package installation recently, so I can't tell for sure which of the newly installed programs (or old programs) caused the appearance of a core file in my home folder. It's a server, so I better find out any possible sources of instability on the machine.

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answered 2 Years ago ettorina · Accepted Answer

Ok, it turned out there was a more straightforward way of identifying a misbehaved program using the file utility:

$ file core

core: ELF 64-bit LSB core file x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'sqlplus'

So sqlplus in the example above would be the main suspect.