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1.TH STRINGS 1
2.SH NAME
3strings \- print all the strings in a binary file
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBstrings\fR [\fB\-\fR] [\fB\-o\fR]\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR] \fIfile ...\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH OPTIONS
18.FL "\-" "search whole file, not just data seg"
19.FL "\-o" "Print octal offset of each string"
20.FL "\-\fIn" "\fIn\fR is minimum length string (default = 4)"
21.SH EXAMPLES
22.EX "strings \-5 a.out" "Print the strings > 4 chars in \fIa.out\fR"
23.EX "strings \- /bin/sh" "Search entire shell file (text and data)"
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25.PP
26\fIStrings\fR looks for sequences of ASCII characters followed by a zero
27byte.
28These are usually strings. This program is typically used to help identify
29unknown binary programs
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