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<H1>strings(1)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
strings - print all the strings in a binary file
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>strings</STRONG> [<STRONG>-</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-o</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-</STRONG><EM>n</EM>] <EM>file</EM> ...
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>-</STRONG> search whole file, not just data seg
<STRONG>-o</STRONG> Print octal offset of each string
<STRONG>-</STRONG><EM>n</EM> <EM>n</EM> is minimum length string (default = 4)
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>strings</STRONG> <STRONG>-5</STRONG> <STRONG>a.out</STRONG> # Print the strings &gt; 4 chars in <EM>a</EM>.<EM>out</EM>
<STRONG>strings</STRONG> <STRONG>-</STRONG> <STRONG>/bin/sh</STRONG> # Search entire shell file (text and data)
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<EM>Strings</EM> looks for sequences of ASCII characters followed by a zero byte.
These are usually strings. This program is typically used to help
identify unknown binary programs
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