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STRINGS
Purpose
find printable strings in binary files
Syntax
strings [-o$0] [-number] file...
Comments
Strings searches a file for printable ASCII strings, which are
defined as any sequence of 4 of more printable characters ending with a
newline, dollar sign, or null. Any type of file can be searched, but
using the command on a text file has no obvious purpose.
Options
-o precede each string by its octal offset in the file.
-$ don't allow '$' as a string terminator.
-0 allow all nonprinting characters as string terminators.
-number use number as the minimum string length instead of 4.