Query: strings
OS: ultrix
Section: 1
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strings(1) General Commands Manual strings(1) Name strings - print ASCII strings in program Syntax strings [-|a] [-o] [-number] file... Description The command looks for ascii strings in a binary file. A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with a newline or a null. The command is useful for identifying random object files and many other things. Options - or -a Looks through the entire object file for ASCII strings. Default is to look only in the initialized data space. -number Sets the minimum string length to specified number of characters and default is 4. -o Precedes each string with its file offset (octal). See Also od(1) strings(1)
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