NAME
    strings - print the strings of printable characters in files.

SYNOPSIS
    strings [-afov] [-min-len]
     [-n min-len] [--bytes=min-len]
     [-t radix] [--radix=radix]
     [-e encoding] [--encoding=encoding]
     [-] [--all] [--print-file-name]
     [--target=bfdname]
     [--help] [--version] file...

DESCRIPTION
    For each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character
    sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with
    the options below) and are followed by an unprintable character. By
    default, it only prints the strings from  the initialized and loaded
    sections  of object files; for other  types of files, it prints the
    strings from the whole file.

    strings is mainly useful  for determining the contents of non-text
    files.

OPTIONS
    -a
    --all
    -  Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object
   files; scan the whole files.

    -f
    --print-file-name
   Print the name of the file before each string.

    --help
   Print a summary of the program usage on the  standard output and
   exit.

    -min-len
    -n min-len
    --bytes=min-len
   Print sequences of characters that are at least min-len characters
   long, instead of the default 4.

    -o Like -t o. Some other versions of strings have -o act like  -t d
   instead.  Since we can not be compatible with both ways, we simply
   chose one.

    -t radix
    --radix=radix
   Print the offset within the file before each  string.  The single
   character argument specifies the radix of the offset---o for octal,
   x for hexadecimal, or d for decimal.

    -e encoding
    --encoding=encoding
   Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
   Possible values for encoding are: s = single-7-bit-byte characters
   (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), S = single-8-bit-byte characters,
   b =  16-bit  bigendian, l = 16-bit littleendian, B = 32-bit bigen-
   dian, L = 32-bit littleendian. Useful for finding wide character
   strings.

    --target=bfdname
   Specify an object code format other than your system's default for-
   mat.

    -v
    --version
   Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.

SEE ALSO
   ar(1),nm(1),objdump(1),ranlib(1),readelf(1) and the  Info entries
    for binutils.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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