ultrix man page for strings

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)

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