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
-nmin-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.
-tradix
--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.
-eencoding
--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 bigendian, L = 32-bit
littleendian. Useful for finding wide character strings.
-Tbfdname
--target=bfdname
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
-v
--version
Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.
@file
Read command-line options from file. The options read are
inserted in place of the original @file option. If file
does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
literally, and not removed.
Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
@file options; any such options will be processed recursively.
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