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Operating Systems Solaris A string in a binary file Post 302762811 by q8devilish on Tuesday 29th of January 2013 05:05:35 AM
Old 01-29-2013
A string in a binary file
hi experts,
anyone knows how can i find a string in a multiple binary files in a multiple directories and display the file name containing the string?

i mean i have lots of folders with binary files and i am looking for specific string within one of these files i would like to know the right syntax to use for this kind of search, i know i should run strings or something similar.

OS Solaris 10 sparc
 

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whereis

whereis(1)						      General Commands Manual							whereis(1)

NAME

       whereis - Locates files for programs

SYNOPSIS

       whereis [-bms] [-u] [-BMS directory... -f] program...

       The whereis command locates source, binary, and/or reference page files for the specified program program.

OPTIONS

       The -b, -m, and -s options can be used in combination to restrict the search.  Searches for an executable program.  Searches for the refer-
       ence page for a program.  Searches for the sources of a program.

       Use the -B, -M, and -S options to change or limit the places whereis searches.  Specifies the binary directories to search.  Specifies  the
       reference page directories to search.  Specifies the source directories to search.

       The  other options that can be used with whereis are as follows: Terminates the last directory list and signals the start of program names.
       Used with other options to indicate when there is no file for program in the default or specified directory or directories (source, binary,
       or reference page).

DESCRIPTION

       The  whereis  program  locates source, binary, and reference pages for the specified programs.  When looking for a match, the program names
       are stripped of leading pathname components and any trailing extensions of the form (for example, s.  resulting from the use of the  Source
       Code Control System see sccs(1), are also handled.

       The default directories searched by the whereis command are as follows: /etc /etc/nls /sbin /usr/bin /usr/lbin /usr/lbin/spell /usr/ccs/lib
       /usr/lib /usr/local /usr/hosts /usr/sbin

EXAMPLES

       To find files matching cat in the default source, binary, and reference directories, enter: whereis cat To search for reference	pages  for
       app13  in the directory /usr/local/man, enter: whereis -M /usr/local/man -f -f appl3 To find the programs in /usr/bin that do not have ref-
       erence pages in /usr/share/man/man1 with source files in /usr/src/cmd, enter: whereis -u -M /usr/share/man/man1 
	       -S /usr/src/cmd -f /usr/bin/* To find which files in the current directory either have no reference pages in the default  reference
       directories or have more than one, enter: whereis -m -u *

FILES

       Default binary directories.  Default binary directories.  Default reference directories.  Default source directories.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  apropos(1), find(1), man(1), which(1), catman(8)

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