You will be able to read an object file in c, that is, a file.o
if you have a .o example software.o
c object file.
Maybe when you read it you will see strange symbols.
You can read it with objdump or readelf
examples of how to use them:
objdump -d software.o
axeldamian@axxelin:~/examples$ objdump -d software.o
software.o: file format elf64-x86-64
Disassembly of section .text:
0000000000000000 <main>:
0: f3 0f 1e fa endbr64
4: 55 push %rbp
5: 48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
8: 48 8d 05 00 00 00 00 lea 0x0(%rip),%rax # f <main+0xf>
f: 48 89 c7 mov %rax,%rdi
12: e8 00 00 00 00 call 17 <main+0x17>
17: b8 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%eax
1c: 5d pop %rbp
1d: c3 ret
also:
readelf -a software.oaxeldamian@axxelin:~/examples$ readelf -a software.o
ELF Header:
Magic: 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Class: ELF64
Data: 2’s complement, little endian
Version: 1 (current)
OS/ABI: UNIX – System V
ABI Version: 0
Type: REL (Relocatable file)
Machine: Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
Version: 0x1
Entry point address: 0x0
Start of program headers: 0 (bytes into file)
Start of section headers: 600 (bytes into file)
Flags: 0x0
Size of this header: 64 (bytes)
Size of program headers: 0 (bytes)
Number of program headers: 0
Size of section headers: 64 (bytes)
Number of section headers: 14
Section header string table index: 13
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Offset
Size EntSize Flags Link Info Align
[ 0] NULL 0000000000000000 00000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 0 0
[ 1] .text PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000040
You can also create a .s and read it.
gcc -S software.cthat command will generate a .s that you can read.
cat software.s