STRINGS(1)          RISC/os Reference Manual           STRINGS(1)



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

SYNOPSIS
     strings [ -a ] [ -o ] [ -n number | -number ] filename...

DESCRIPTION
     The strings command looks for ASCII strings in a binary
     file.  A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing char-
     acters ending with a newline or a null character.

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

     The following options are available:

     -a          Look everywhere in the file for strings. If this
                 flag is omitted, strings only looks in the ini-
                 tialized data space of object files.

     -o          Precede each string by its offset in the file.

     -n number   Use number as the minimum string length rather
                 than 4.

SEE ALSO
     od(1)

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

     For backwards compatibility, -number can be used in place of
     -n number.  Similarly, the -a and a - option are inter-
     changeable.  The - and the -number variations are obsoles-
     cent.



















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