#!/bin/bash

true_name() (
    escaped_name=$(echo $1 | sed "s/\./\\\\./g")
    library_path=$(/sbin/ldconfig -p | \
	grep "$escaped_name[\t ].*=" | \
	sed "s/.*=>\(.*\)/\1/g" )
    objdump -x $library_path | grep SONAME | awk {'print $2'}
)

true_name $1