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.IX Title "STRINGS 1"
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.TH STRINGS 1 "2008-05-06" "binutils-2.18.50" "GNU Development Tools"
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.SH "NAME"
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strings \- print the strings of printable characters in files.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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strings [\fB\-afov\fR] [\fB\-\fR\fImin-len\fR]
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[\fB\-n\fR \fImin-len\fR] [\fB\-\-bytes=\fR\fImin-len\fR]
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[\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR] [\fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR]
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[\fB\-e\fR \fIencoding\fR] [\fB\-\-encoding=\fR\fIencoding\fR]
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[\fB\-\fR] [\fB\-\-all\fR] [\fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR]
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[\fB\-T\fR \fIbfdname\fR] [\fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR]
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[\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] \fIfile\fR...
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For each \fIfile\fR given, \s-1GNU\s0 \fBstrings\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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the strings from the whole file.
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.IP "\fB\-a\fR" 4
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.IX Item "-a"
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.PD 0
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.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
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.IP "\fB\-\fR" 4
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.PD
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Print the name of the file before each string.
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.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
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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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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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Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
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Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
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inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
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with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
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@\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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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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Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 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 1.2
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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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