NAME
strings - print the strings of printable characters in files.
SYNOPSIS
strings [
-afov] [­min­len] [-n min­len] [-t radix] [­]
[
­­all] [ ­­print­file­name] [ ­­bytes=min­len]
[
­­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 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 non­text files.
OPTIONS
-a
­­all
­
Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files; scan the whole files.
-f
­­print­file­name
Print the name of the file before each string.
­­help
Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
­
min­len
-n
min­len
­­bytes=
min­len
Print sequences of characters that are at least
min­len 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 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, 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 Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front­Cover Texts, and with no
Back­Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``
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Documentation License''.