file
- Determine the file type.
ldd
- Print the shared object dependencies.
ltrace
- Prints all functions called at runtime by the library.
hexdump
- Print file contents in ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal or octal.
strings
- Print the strings of printable characters in files.
readelf
- Display information about ELF (Executable and Linkable File format), used when file
command interprets file as ELF
objdump
- Prints assembly instructions of file.
nm
- Prints information about variables and functions from the binary. Useful when don't have access to source code.
gdb