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 strings(1)                                                       strings(1)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings - find the printable strings in an object or other binary file

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings [-a] [-t format] [-n number] [file] ...

    Obsolescent    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings [-a] [-o] [-number] [file] ...

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings looks for ASCII strings in a file.  If no file is specified,
      standard input is used.  A string is any sequence of four or more
      printing characters ending with a newline or null character.

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

    Options    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings recognizes the following options:

           -a             By default, strings looks only in the initialized
                          data space of object files (as recognized by their
                          magic numbers).  If this flag is used, the entire
                          file is inspected.  This flag is always set if
                          standard input is being read or the file is not
                          recognized as an object file.  For backward
                          compatibility, - is understood as a synonym for -
                          a.

           -t format      Write each string preceded by its byte offset from
                          the start of the file.  The format is dependent on
                          the single character used as the format optionargument:


                               d    The offset is written in decimal.

                               o    The offset is written in octal.

                               x    The offset is written in hexadecimal.

           -n number      Specify number as the minimum string length,
                          rather than the default 4.

           -o             Each string is preceded by its offset in the file
                          (in octal).  This option is obsolescent and is
                          equivalent to specifying the -t o option.

           -number        Specify number as the minimum string length,
                          rather than the default 4.  This option is
                          obsolescent and is equivalent to using the -n
                          number option.



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 strings(1)                                                       strings(1)




 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES    [Toc]    [Back]
    Environment Variables
      LC_CTYPE determines the locale for the interpretation of text as
      single- and/or multi-byte characters.

      LC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed.

      If LC_CTYPE or LC_MESSAGES is not specified in the environment or is
      set to the empty string, the value of LANG is used as a default for
      each unspecified or empty variable.  If LANG is not specified or is
      set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used
      instead of LANG.

      NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogues for the
      processing of LC_MESSAGES.

      If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
      strings behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to
      "C".  See environ(5).

 WARNINGS    [Toc]    [Back]
      The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      od(1).

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE    [Toc]    [Back]
      strings: XPG4, POSIX.2


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