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.\" ======================================================================
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.IX Title "STRINGS.1 1"
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.TH STRINGS.1 1 "binutils-2.11.90" "2001-05-30" "GNU"
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strings \- print the strings of printable characters in files.
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strings [\-afov] [-\fImin-len\fR] [\-n \fImin-len\fR] [\-t \fIradix\fR] [\-]
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[\-\-all] [\-\-print-file-name] [\-\-bytes=\fImin-len\fR]
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[\-\-help] [\-\-version] \fIfile\fR...
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For each \fIfile\fR given, \s-1GNU\s0 \f(CW\*(C`strings\*(C'\fR prints the printable
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character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
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given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable
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character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
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and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
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files.
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Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
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Print the name of the file before each string.
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Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
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Print sequences of characters that are at least \fImin-len\fR characters
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long, instead of the default 4.
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act like \fB\-t d\fR instead. Since we can not be compatible with both
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.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-t \f(CIradix\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
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Print the offset within the file before each string. The single
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character argument specifies the radix of the offset\-\--\fBo\fR for
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octal, \fBx\fR for hexadecimal, or \fBd\fR for decimal.
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.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-\-target=\f(CIbfdname\f(CW\*(C'\fR" 4
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Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
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.Ip "\f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR" 4
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fIar\fR\|(1), \fInm\fR\|(1), \fIobjdump\fR\|(1), \fIranlib\fR\|(1), \fIreadelf\fR\|(1)
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and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR.
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
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section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R".
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