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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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