STRINGS(C)                           UNIX System V



     Name
          strings - find the printable strings in an object file


     Syntax
          strings [-] [-o] [ -number ] filename ...


     Description
          strings looks for ASCII strings in a binary file.  A  string
          is  any  sequence of four or more printing characters ending
          with a newline or a null character.  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 decimal offset in the file.  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.


     See Also
          hd(C), od(C)


     Credit
          This utility was developed at the University  of  California
          at Berkeley and is used with permission.


     (printed 2/15/90)                                 STRINGS(C)