strings(1)                                             strings(1)



     NAME
          strings - find the printable strings in an object  or  other
          binary file

     SYNOPSIS
          strings [-] [-o] [-number] file ...

     DESCRIPTION
          strings looks for ASCII strings in a binary file.  A string
          is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with
          a newline or a null.  Unless the - flag is given, strings
          only looks in the initialized data space of object files.
          If the -o flag is given, then each string is preceded by its
          offset in the file (in octal).  If the -number flag is
          given, then number is used as the minimum string length
          rather than 4.

          strings is useful for identifying random object files and
          many other things.

     EXAMPLES
             strings obj1

          will locate the ASCII-character strings in the object file
          obj1.

     FILES
          /bin/strings

     SEE ALSO
          od(1), xstr(1).

     BUGS
          The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primi-
          tive.




















     April, 1990                                                     1