1 .\" Copyright (c) 1993, 94, 95, 2000 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH strings 1 "09 March 2000" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 strings \- print the strings of printable characters in files
20 .RB "[\|" \-f | \-\-print\-file\-name "\|]"
22 .RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
23 .RB "[\|" \-v | \-\-version "\|]"
32 .RB "[\|" "\-\-target=\fIbfdname" "\|]"
44 prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
45 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
46 followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the
47 strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for
48 other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
52 is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files.
55 The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
64 Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
70 .B \-\-print\-file\-name
71 Print the name of the file before each string.
75 Print a summary of the options to
77 on the standard output and exit.
83 Print the version number
86 on the standard output and exit.
89 .B "\-n \fImin\-len\fP"
93 .B "\-\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP"
94 Print sequences of characters that are at least
96 characters long, instead of the default 4.
101 .BR "\-\-radix=" {o,x,d}
102 Print the offset within the file before each string. The single
103 character argument specifies the radix of the offset\(emoctal,
104 hexadecimal, or decimal.
107 .BI "\-\-target=" "bfdname"
108 Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
111 for information on listing available formats.
121 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
127 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
128 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991);
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