2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/strings.0

STRINGS(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       STRINGS(1)


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

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

DESCRIPTION
     Strings looks for ascii strings in a binary file.	A string
     is any sequence of 4 or more printing 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 is used as the minimum string length rather than
     4.

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

SEE ALSO
     od(1)

BUGS
     The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primi-
     tive.


Printed 11/26/99	  May 12, 1986				1