


      STRINGS(1)                  (bsd 4.1)                  STRINGS(1)



      NAME
           strings - find the printable strings in an object or other
           binary file

      SYNTAX
           strings [ - ] [ -o [ - number ] file ...

      DESCRIPTION
           Strings looks for ASCII strings in a binary file. A string
           is any sequence of four or more printable characters ending
           with a newline or a null. Unless the - flag is given,
           strings only looks in the initialized data space of object
           files. If the -o flag is given, then each string is preceded
           by its offset in the file (in octal). If the -number flag is
           given, then number, rather than four, is used as the minimum
           string length.

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

      SEE ALSO
           od(1)

































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