STRINGS(C)               XENIX System V                STRINGS(C)



     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.






























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