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STRINGS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       STRINGS(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     strings - find the printable strings in a file

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     s\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bgs\bs [ -\b-a\bao\bo ] [ -\b-_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br ] [ file ... ]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs looks for ascii strings in each of the specified
     files, or from the standard input.  A string is any sequence
     of 4 or more printing characters.	Unless the -\b-a\ba flag is
     given, _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs only looks in the initialized data space of
     object files.  If the -\b-o\bo flag is given, then each string is
     preceded by its decimal offset in the file.  If the -\b-_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br
     flag is given, then _\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br is used as the minimum string
     length rather than 4.

     _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs is useful for identifying random object files and
     many other things.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     od(1)

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primi-
     tive.


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	8	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	9	strings - find the printable strings in a file
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	11	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	12	s\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bgs\bs [ -\b-a\bao\bo ] [ -\b-_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br ] [ file ... ]
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	14	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	15	_\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs looks for ascii strings in each of the specified
	16	files, or from the standard input. A string is any sequence
	17	of 4 or more printing characters. Unless the -\b-a\ba flag is
	18	given, _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs only looks in the initialized data space of
	19	object files. If the -\b-o\bo flag is given, then each string is
	20	preceded by its decimal offset in the file. If the -\b-_\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br
	21	flag is given, then _\bn_\bu_\bm_\bb_\be_\br is used as the minimum string
	22	length rather than 4.
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	24	_\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs is useful for identifying random object files and
	25	many other things.
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	27	S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
	28	od(1)
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	30	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	31	The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primi-
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