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strings(1)							    strings(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       format] number] [file] ...

   Obsolescent
       number] [file] ...

DESCRIPTION
       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 char‐
       acters ending with a newline or null character.

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

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      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	 stan‐
			     dard  input is being read or the file is not rec‐
			     ognized as an object file.	 For backward compati‐
			     bility, is understood as a synonym for

	      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 option-argument:

				  d	 The offset is written in decimal.

				  o	 The offset is written in octal.

				  x	 The offset is written in hexadecimal.

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

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

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

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

       determines the language in which messages are displayed.

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

       Determine the location of message catalogues for the processing of

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

WARNINGS
       The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.

AUTHOR
       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

SEE ALSO
       od(1).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								    strings(1)
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