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- STRINGS ST-UNIX User's Manual STRINGS
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- COMMAND
- strings - print strings in a (binary) file.
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- FORMAT
- strings [ - ] [ -a ] [ -o ] [ -_✓n_✓u_✓m_✓b_✓e_✓r ] file ...
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- DESCRIPTION
- _✓S_✓t_✓r_✓i_✓n_✓g_✓s looks for ascii strings in a binary file where a
- string is defined as any sequence of 4 or more printing
- characters ending in a newline or a null character. The
- number option is used to change the limit from 4 to the
- given number. Normally _✓s_✓t_✓r_✓i_✓n_✓g_✓s will only look in the data
- space of a binary file, the -a option causes the whole file
- to be searched. The -o option causes strings to be printed
- one per line with the octal offset of its position in the
- file preceding it.
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- Printed 28/March/1988 30 March 1987 1
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