STRINGS(1) — User’s Manual — Commands
NAME
strings − find printable strings in a 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.
Strings is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.
OPTIONS
− Look everywhere in the file for strings. If this flag is omitted, strings only looks in the initialized data space of object files.
−o Precede each string by its offset in the file (in octal).
−number
Use number as the minimum string length rather than 4.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive
Sun System Release 0.3 — 27 April 1983