hpux man page for strings

strings(1)						      General Commands Manual							strings(1)

NAME
       strings - find the printable strings in an object or other binary file

SYNOPSIS
       format] number] [file] ...

   Obsolescent
       number] [file] ...

DESCRIPTION
       looks  for  ASCII  strings  in a file.  If no file is specified, standard input is used.  A string is any sequence of four or more printing
       characters ending with a newline or null character.

       is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      By default,    strings looks only in the initialized data space of object files (as recognized by their  magic  numbers).   If  this
			     flag  is  used, the entire file is inspected.  This flag is always set if standard input is being read or the file is
			     not recognized as an object file.	For backward compatibility, is understood as a synonym for

	      Write each string preceded by its byte offset from the start of the file.
			     The format is dependent on the single character used as the format option-argument:

				  d	 The offset is written in decimal.

				  o	 The offset is written in octal.

				  x	 The offset is written in hexadecimal.

	      Specify	     number as the minimum string length, rather than the default 4.

	      Each string is preceded by its offset in the file (in octal).
			     This option is obsolescent and is equivalent to specifying the option.

	      Specify	     number as the minimum string length, rather than the default 4.  This option is  obsolescent  and	is  equivalent	to
			     using the number option.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
   Environment Variables
       determines the locale for the interpretation of text as single- and/or multi-byte characters.

       determines the language in which messages are displayed.

       If  or  is  not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty
       variable.  If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of

       Determine the location of message catalogues for the processing of

       If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are  set  to	"C".   See
       environ(5).

WARNINGS
       The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.

AUTHOR
       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

SEE ALSO
       od(1).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
																	strings(1)