Checking plugin version on Linux
For Linux all the libraries are indeed also applications. You can run them in Terminal and they print a simple message to the console:
So if you set executable flag, you can launch them and see the version. This works fine for a few years now.[centos@ip-172-31-17-30 infos Libs]$ chmod +x MBS_Main_Registration_Plugin_19505.so
[centos@ip-172-31-17-30 infos Libs]$ ./MBS_Main_Registration_Plugin_19505.so
MBS Plugin, version 17.5, built Nov 27 2017
[centos@ip-172-31-17-30 infos Libs]$