look into `readelf` and `objdump -p`; those tools work via reading data rather than (effectively) executing the target. That 'execution' approach is why ldd is

look into `readelf` and `objdump -p`; those tools work via reading data rather than (effectively) executing the target. That 'execution' approach is why ldd is problematic; libraries can have init/finalizers (__init__ and __fini__ iirc).