strings.1

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.\" SCCSID: @(#)strings.1	8.1	9/11/90
.TH strings 1
.SH Name
strings \- print ASCII strings in program
.SH Syntax
.B strings
[\fB\-|a\fR] [\fB\-o\fR] [\fB\-\fInumber\fR\|] \fIfile...\fR
.SH Description
.NXR "strings command"
.NXR "string" "defined"
.NXR "object file" "finding printable strings"
.NXR "binary file" "finding printable strings"
The
.PN strings
command looks for ascii strings in a binary file.
A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with
a newline or a null.
.PP
The
.PN strings
command
is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.
.SH Options
.IP "\fB\-\fR or \fB\-a\fR" 10 
Looks through the entire object file for ASCII strings.  Default is 
to look only in the initialized data space.  
.IP \fB\-\fInumber\fR
Sets the minimum string length to specified number of characters 
and default is 4.
.IP \fB\-o\fR
Precedes each string with its file offset (octal).  
.SH See Also
od(1)