Name
strings
Synopsis
strings [options]files
Searches object or binary files for sequences of four or more printable characters that end with a newline or null.
Options
- -a
Search entire file, not just the initialized data portion of object files. Can also specify this option as -.
- -o
Display the string’s offset position before the string.
- -
num Minimum string length is num (default is 4). Can also specify this option as -n.
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