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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 5 | .\" @(#)strings.1 4.1 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .TH STRINGS 1 2/24/79 | |
| 8 | .UC | |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | strings \- find the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B strings | |
| 13 | [ | |
| 14 | .B \- | |
| 15 | ] [ | |
| 16 | .B \-o | |
| 17 | ] [ | |
| 18 | \fB\-\fInumber\fR | |
| 19 | ] file ... | |
| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 21 | .I Strings | |
| 22 | looks for ascii strings in a binary file. | |
| 23 | A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with | |
| 24 | a newline or a null. | |
| 25 | Unless the | |
| 26 | .B \- | |
| 27 | flag is given, | |
| 28 | .I strings | |
| 29 | only looks in the initialized data space of object files. | |
| 30 | If the | |
| 31 | .B \-o | |
| 32 | flag is given, then each string is preceded by its offset in the | |
| 33 | file (in octal). | |
| 34 | If the | |
| 35 | \fB\-\fInumber\fR | |
| 36 | flag is given then number is used as the minimum string length | |
| 37 | rather than 4. | |
| 38 | .PP | |
| 39 | .I Strings | |
| 40 | is useful for identifying random object files and many other things. | |
| 41 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 42 | od(1) | |
| 43 | .SH BUGS | |
| 44 | The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive |