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- strings(1) GNU Development Tools strings(1)
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- NNAAMMEE
- strings - print the strings of printable characters in
- files
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- ssttrriinnggss
- [--aa|--|----aallll] [--ff|----pprriinntt--ffiillee--nnaammee] [--oo] [----hheellpp]
- [--vv|----vveerrssiioonn] [--nn
- _m_i_n_-_l_e_n|_-_m_i_n_-_l_e_n|----bbyytteess==_m_i_n_-_l_e_n] [--tt
- _{_o_,_x_,_d_}[----ttaarrggeett==_b_f_d_n_a_m_e] |----rraaddiixx==_{_o_,_x_,_d_}] _f_i_l_e
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- For each _f_i_l_e given, GNU ssttrriinnggss prints the printable
- character sequences that are at least 4 characters long
- (or the number given with the options below) and are fol-
- lowed by a NUL or newline character. By default, it only
- prints the strings from the initialized data sections of
- object files; for other types of files, it prints the
- strings from the whole file.
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- ssttrriinnggss is mainly useful for determining the contents of
- non-text files.
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- OOPPTTIIOONNSS
- The long and short forms of options, shown here as alter-
- natives, are equivalent.
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- --aa
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- ----aallll
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- -- Do not scan only the initialized data section of
- object files; scan the whole files.
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- --ff
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- ----pprriinntt--ffiillee--nnaammee
- Print the name of the file before each string.
-
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- ----hheellpp Print a summary of the options to ssttrriinnggss on the
- standard output and exit.
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- --vv
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- ----vveerrssiioonn
- Print the version number of ssttrriinnggss on the standard
- output and exit.
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- strings(1) GNU Development Tools strings(1)
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- --nn _m_i_n_-_l_e_n
- --_m_i_n_-_l_e_n
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- --bbyytteess==_m_i_n_-_l_e_n
- Print sequences of characters that are at least
- _m_i_n_-_l_e_n characters long, instead of the default 4.
-
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- --tt {o,x,d}
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- ----rraaddiixx=={o,x,d}
- Print the offset within the file before each
- string. The single character argument specifies
- the radix of the offset--octal, hexadecimal, or
- decimal.
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- ----ttaarrggeett==_b_f_d_n_a_m_e
- Specify an object code format other than your sys-
- tem's default format. See oobbjjdduummpp(11), for informa-
- tion on listing available formats.
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- --oo Like --tt oo.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- `bbiinnuuttiillss' entry in iinnffoo; _T_h_e _G_N_U _B_i_n_a_r_y _U_t_i_l_i_t_i_e_s, Roland
- H. Pesch (October 1991); aarr(11), nnmm(11), oobbjjdduummpp(11), rraann--
- lliibb(11).
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- CCOOPPYYIINNGG
- Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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