STRINGS(1)STRINGS(1)
NAME
strings – extract printable strings
SYNOPSIS
strings
[
-m
min
] [
file ...
]
DESCRIPTION
Strings
finds and prints strings containing
min
(default 6)
or more
consecutive printable
UTF\c
-encoded characters
in a (typically) binary file, default
standard input.
Printable characters are taken to be
ASCII
characters from blank through tilde (hexadecimal 20 through 7E), inclusive,
and
all other characters above A0.
Strings reports
the decimal offset within the file at which the string starts and the text
of the string.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/strings.c
SEE
nm(1)