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3STRINGS(1) USER COMMANDS STRINGS(1)
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7NAME
8 strings - find printable strings in an object, or other
9 binary, file
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11SYNOPSIS
12 strings [ -number ] file ...
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14DESCRIPTION
15 Strings looks for ascii strings in a binary file. A string
16 is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with
17 a newline or a null.
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19 Strings is useful for identifying random object files and
20 many other things.
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22OPTIONS
23 -number
24 Use number as the minimum string length rather than 4.
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26SEE ALSO
27 od(1)
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29BUGS
30 The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primi-
31 tive.
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