STRINGS(C) XENIX System V STRINGS(C)
Name
strings - Find the printable strings in an object file.
Syntax
strings [-] [-o] [ -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 character. 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 decimal offset in the file. If the -number
flag is given then number is used as the minimum string
length rather than 4.
strings is useful for identifying random object files and
many other things.
See Also
hd(C), od(C)
Credit
This utility was developed at the University of California
at Berkeley and is used with permission.
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