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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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