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Command: strings - print all the strings in a binary file
Syntax: strings [-] [-o] [-n] file ...
Flags: - search whole file, not just data seg
-o Print octal offset of each string
-n n is minimum length string (default = 4)
Examples: strings -5 a.out # Print the strings > 4 chars in
a.out
strings - /bin/sh # Search entire shell file (text and
data)
Strings 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