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strings - print the strings of printable characters in files
- strings
- [-a|-|--all] [-f|--print-file-name] [-o] [--help] [-v|--version] [-n min-len|-min-len|--bytes=min-len]
[-t {o,x,d}[--target=bfdname] |--radix={o,x,d}] file
For each file
given, GNU strings prints the printable character sequences that are at
least 4 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and
are followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the
strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for other
types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
strings is mainly
useful for determining the contents of non-text files.
The long and
short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are equivalent.
- -a
- --all
- -
- Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
scan the whole files.
- -f
- --print-file-name
- Print the name of the file before
each string.
- --help
- Print a summary of the options to strings on the standard
output and exit.
- -v
- --version
- Print the version number of strings on the standard
output and exit.
- -n min-len
- -min-len
- -bytes=min-len
- Print sequences of characters
that are at least min-len characters long, instead of the default 4.
- -t {o,x,d}
- --radix={o,x,d}
- Print the offset within the file before each string. The
single character argument specifies the radix of the offset--octal, hexadecimal,
or decimal.
- --target=bfdname
- Specify an object code format other than your
system's default format. See objdump(1)
, for information on listing available
formats.
- -o
- Like -t o.
`binutils' entry in info; The GNU Binary
Utilities, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991); ar(1)
, nm(1)
, objdump(1)
, ranlib(1)
.
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