Intel XENIX 286 Programmers Guide (86) - Tenox.tc

Programming Commands XENIX Programming
strings - Finds the printable strings in an object file.
Syntax
strings [-] [-o] [-number ] file ...
Description
strings looks for ASCII strings in a binary file. A string is any sequence of four or more
printing characters ending with a newline or a null character. Unless the - flag is given,
strings only looks in the initialized data space of object files. If the -o flag is given,
then each string is preceded by its decimal offset in the file. If the -number flag is
given then number is used as the minimum string length rather than 4.
strings is useful for identifying random object files and many other items.
See Also
hd, od in "Commands" in the XENIX 286 Reference Manual
Credit
This utility was developed at the University of California at Berkeley and is used with
permission.
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