diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'static/unix-v10/man1/strings.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | static/unix-v10/man1/strings.1 | 51 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/strings.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/strings.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..487b0f54 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/strings.1 @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.TH STRINGS 1 +.CT 1 files +.SH NAME +strings \- find printable strings in a file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B strings +[ +.I option ... +] [ +.I file ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Strings +looks for and prints +.SM ASCII +strings in +.I files. +A string is a sequence of printing characters, tabs, or +backspaces terminated by +a newline or a null character. +In object files, strings are normally +looked for only in the text and data segments. +The options are: +.TP +.B \-t +Look for strings in the text segment of an object file. +.TP +.B \-d +Look for strings in the data segment of an object file. +.TP +.B \-s +Look for symbol strings in the symbol table of an object file. +.TP +.B \-a +Look for strings throughout the file. +.TP +.B \-o +Precede each string by its octal offset in the file. +.TP +\fB\-\fInumber\fR +Ignore strings less than +.I number +characters long (excluding newlines). +Default length is 4. +.PP +.I Strings +is useful for identifying random object files and many other things. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR gre (1), +.IR xd (1) +.SH BUGS +Newlines are quietly inserted in very long strings. |