1STRINGS(1)                  General Commands Manual                 STRINGS(1)
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NAME

6       strings - find the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file
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SYNOPSIS

9       strings [ - ] [ -o ] [ -number ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Strings  looks  for  ascii  strings  in a binary file.  A string is any
13       sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a  newline  or  a
14       null.   Unless  the - flag is given, strings only looks in the initial‐
15       ized data space of object files.  If the -o flag is  given,  then  each
16       string  is preceded by its offset in the file (in octal).  If the -num‐
17       ber flag is given then number is used  as  the  minimum  string  length
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20       Strings  is  useful  for identifying random object files and many other
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SEE ALSO

24       od(1)
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BUGS

27       The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.
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