How to open file .so?

Question

im trying to open a file with the extension.so. In notepad++ i can see some letters and numbers, however the most character appear this way:

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Someone can help me?

Answer 1

.so files are files, that aren't meant to be read by humans. These are libraries (like.dll files on windows), that provide functions for other programs to use. If you want a human readable representation (of the compiled code at least) try a disassembler like radare2 or ghidra.