STRINGS(1)              COMMAND REFERENCE              STRINGS(1)



NAME
     strings - find the printable strings in a file

SYNOPSIS
     strings [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -o ] [ -x ] [ -number ] filename...

DESCRIPTION
     Strings looks for ASCII strings in a binary file.  A string
     is any sequence of four or more printing characters ending
     with a newline or a null.

     Strings is useful for identifying random object files and
     many other things.

     If the -d, -o, or -x options are given, the strings are
     preceded by offsets in decimal, octal, and hex.  The order
     of the offsets (when combinations of these options are
     given) is: octal, decimal, hex.

OPTIONS
     -a Search the entire file.  Otherwise, strings starts
        looking at the location where an object file's header
        would end.

     -d Each string is preceded by its offset in the file in
        decimal.

     -o Each string is preceded by its offset in the file in
        octal.

     -x Each string is preceded by its offset in the file in hex.

     -number
        Number is used as the minimum string length rather than
        four.

EXAMPLES
     The following invocation of this command will print all
     ASCII strings in the object file cmd.o:

          strings cmd.o

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.




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STRINGS(1)              COMMAND REFERENCE              STRINGS(1)



CAVEATS
     Without the -a option, strings assumes it is searching an
     object file and skips beyond the header text before
     beginning the search.

SEE ALSO
     od(1).
















































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