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STRINGS(1)                   GNU Development Tools                  STRINGS(1)



NAME
       strings - print the strings of printable characters in files.

SYNOPSIS
       strings [-afov] [-min-len]
               [-n min-len] [--bytes=min-len]
               [-t radix] [--radix=radix]
               [-e encoding] [--encoding=encoding]
               [-] [--all] [--print-file-name]
               [--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
       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.

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.

       -e encoding
       --encoding=encoding
           Select the character encoding of the strings that are to  be  found.   Possible
           values  for  encoding  are:  s = single-7-bit-byte characters (ASCII, ISO 8859,
           etc., default), S = single-8-bit-byte characters, b =  16-bit  bigendian,  l  =
           16-bit  littleendian, B = 32-bit bigendian, L = 32-bit littleendian. Useful for
           finding wide character strings.

       --target=bfdname
           Specify an object code format other than your system’s default format.

       -v
       --version
           Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.

SEE ALSO
       ar(1), nm(1), objdump(1), ranlib(1), readelf(1) and the Info entries for  binutils.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (c)  1991,  1992,  1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
       2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify  this  document  under  the
       terms  of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version pub-
       lished by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, 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’’.



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