Editing Executable and Linkable Format (section)

=== Unix-like systems ===
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The ELF format has replaced older executable formats in various environments.
It has replaced [[a.out]] and [[COFF]] formats in [[Unix-like]] operating systems:
* [[Linux]]
* [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] / [[Illumos]]
* [[IRIX]]
* [[FreeBSD]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://docs.freebsd.org/doc/4.9-RELEASE/usr/share/doc/handbook/binary-formats.html | title=Binary Formats | access-date=2019-03-31 | archive-date=2019-03-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192807/https://docs.freebsd.org/doc/4.9-RELEASE/usr/share/doc/handbook/binary-formats.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[NetBSD]]
* [[OpenBSD]]
* [[Redox (operating system)|Redox]]
* [[DragonFly BSD]]
* [[Syllable Desktop (operating system)|Syllable]]
* [[HP-UX]] (except for 32-bit PA-RISC programs which continue to use [[System Object Model (file format)|SOM]])
* [[QNX]] Neutrino
* [[MINIX]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases |title=MinixReleases – Minix Wiki |publisher=Wiki.minix3.org |access-date=2014-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330150621/http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases |archive-date=2013-03-30 }}</ref>