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| .IX Title "STRINGS.1 1" |
| .TH STRINGS.1 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-30" "GNU" |
| .UC |
| .SH "NAME" |
| strings \- print the strings of printable characters in files. |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
| strings [\-afov] [-\fImin-len\fR] [\-n \fImin-len\fR] [\-t \fIradix\fR] [\-] |
| [\-\-all] [\-\-print-file-name] [\-\-bytes=\fImin-len\fR] |
| [\-\-radix=\fIradix\fR] [\-\-target=\fIbfdname\fR] |
| [\-\-help] [\-\-version] \fIfile\fR... |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
| For each \fIfile\fR given, \s-1GNU\s0 \f(CW\*(C`strings\*(C'\fR 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. |
| .PP |
| \&\f(CW\*(C`strings\*(C'\fR is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text |
| files. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .IX Header "OPTIONS" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-a" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-all\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--all" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-" |
| Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files; |
| scan the whole files. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-f\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-f" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-print\-file\-name\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--print-file-name" |
| Print the name of the file before each string. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--help" |
| Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\f(CImin\-len\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-min-len" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-n \f(CImin\-len\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-n min-len" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-bytes=\f(CImin\-len\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--bytes=min-len" |
| Print sequences of characters that are at least \fImin-len\fR characters |
| long, instead of the default 4. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-o\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-o" |
| Like \fB\-t o\fR. Some other versions of \f(CW\*(C`strings\*(C'\fR have \fB\-o\fR |
| act like \fB\-t d\fR instead. Since we can not be compatible with both |
| ways, we simply chose one. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-t \f(CIradix\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-t radix" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-radix=\f(CIradix\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--radix=radix" |
| Print the offset within the file before each string. The single |
| character argument specifies the radix of the offset\-\--\fBo\fR for |
| octal, \fBx\fR for hexadecimal, or \fBd\fR for decimal. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-target=\f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--target=bfdname" |
| Specify an object code format other than your system's default format. |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "-v" |
| .Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR" 4 |
| .IX Item "--version" |
| Print the program version number on the standard output and exit. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .IX Header "SEE ALSO" |
| \&\fIar\fR\|(1), \fInm\fR\|(1), \fIobjdump\fR\|(1), \fIranlib\fR\|(1), \fIreadelf\fR\|(1) |
| and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR. |
| .SH "COPYRIGHT" |
| .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" |
| Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| .PP |
| Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document |
| under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 |
| or any later version published 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 \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R". |
