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| daacd5f0 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
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| 3a1a282a | 3 | .\" |
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| e316c02c | 17 | .\" |
| 1c15e888 | 18 | .\" @(#)strings.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 6/24/90 |
| 3a1a282a | 19 | .\" |
| daacd5f0 | 20 | .TH STRINGS 1 "%Q" |
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21 | .UC |
| 22 | .SH NAME | |
| e8d9c970 | 23 | strings \- find the printable strings in a file |
| 3a1a282a | 24 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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25 | .ft B |
| 26 | strings [ \-ao ] [ \-n number ] [ file ... ] | |
| 27 | .ft R | |
| 3a1a282a | 28 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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29 | .I String |
| 30 | displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified | |
| 31 | files, or in the standard input, by default. | |
| 32 | By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length | |
| 33 | before being displayed. | |
| 3a1a282a | 34 | .PP |
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35 | The options are as follows: |
| 36 | .TP | |
| 37 | \-a | |
| 38 | By default, | |
| 39 | .I strings | |
| 40 | only searches the initialized data space of object files. | |
| 41 | The | |
| 42 | .I \-a | |
| 43 | option causes | |
| 44 | .I strings | |
| 45 | to search the entire object file. | |
| 46 | .TP | |
| 47 | \-n | |
| 48 | Specifies the minimum number of characters in a sequence to be | |
| 49 | .IR number , | |
| 50 | instead of four. | |
| 51 | .TP | |
| 52 | \-o | |
| 53 | The | |
| 54 | .I \-o | |
| 55 | option causes each string to be preceded by its decimal offset in the | |
| 56 | file. | |
| 57 | .PP | |
| 58 | .I Strings | |
| 59 | is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things. | |
| 3a1a282a | 60 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 61539330 | 61 | hexdump(1) |
| 3a1a282a | 62 | .SH BUGS |
| 570d12e7 | 63 | The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive. |