strings

strings

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options

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files

endings::newline/null sequence endings" Search object or binary files for sequences of four or more printable characters that end with a newline or null. See also od .

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.

-n n

Minimum string length is n (default is 4). Can also specify this option as - n .