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        !            18: .\"     @(#)strings.1  6.7 (Berkeley) 6/24/90
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        !            20: .TH STRINGS 1 "%Q"
        !            21: .UC
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: strings \- find the printable strings in a file
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .ft B
        !            26: strings [ \-ao ] [ \-n number ] [ file ... ]
        !            27: .ft R
        !            28: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            29: .I String
        !            30: displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified
        !            31: files, or in the standard input, by default.
        !            32: By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length
        !            33: before being displayed.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: The options are as follows:
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: \-a
        !            38: By default,
        !            39: .I strings
        !            40: only searches the initialized data space of object files.
        !            41: The
        !            42: .I \-a
        !            43: option causes
        !            44: .I strings
        !            45: to search the entire object file.
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: \-n
        !            48: Specifies the minimum number of characters in a sequence to be
        !            49: .IR number ,
        !            50: instead of four.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: \-o
        !            53: The
        !            54: .I \-o
        !            55: option causes each string to be preceded by its decimal offset in the
        !            56: file.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: .I Strings
        !            59: is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things.
        !            60: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            61: hexdump(1)
        !            62: .SH BUGS
        !            63: The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.

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