strings

 

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 STRINGS.1(1)                   GNU                   STRINGS.1(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        strings  -  print  the  strings of printable characters in
        files.
 
SYNOPSIS
        strings [-afov] [-min-len] [-n min-len] [-t radix] [-]
                [--all] [--print-file-name] [--bytes=min-len]
                [--radix=radix] [--target=bfdname]
                [--help] [--version] file...
 
DESCRIPTION
        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  fol­
        lowed  by  an  unprintable character.  By default, it only
        prints the strings from the initialized  and  loaded  sec­
        tions 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.
 
OPTIONS
        `-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 program usage on  the  standard
            output and exit.
 
        `-min-len'
 
        `-n min-len'
 
        `--bytes=min-len'
            Print  sequences  of characters that are at least min-
            len characters long, instead of the default 4.
 
        `-o'
            Like -t o.  Some other versions of `strings'  have  -o
            act like -t d instead.  Since we can not be compatible
            with both ways, we simply chose one.
 
        `-t radix'
 
        `--radix=radix'
            Print the offset within the file before  each  string.
            The  single  character argument specifies the radix of
            the offset---o for octal, x for hexadecimal, or d  for
            decimal.
 
        `--target=bfdname'
            Specify an object code format other than your system's
            default format.
 
        `-v'
 
        `--version'
            Print the program version number on the standard  out­
            put and exit.
 
SEE ALSO
        ar(1),  nm(1),  objdump(1),  ranlib(1), readelf(1) and the
        Info entries for binutils.
 
 COPYRIGHT
        Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,  2000,
        2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
        Permission  is  granted  to copy, distribute and/or modify
        this document under the terms of the GNU  Free  Documenta­
        tion  License,  Version 1.1 or any later version published
        by the Free Software Foundation; with  no  Invariant  Sec­
        tions,  with  no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
        Texts.  A copy of the license is included in  the  section
        entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 
 
 
 2001-08-31             binutils-2.11.90.0.8          STRINGS.1(1)

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