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1.1     ! root        1: .TH STRINGS 1 "24 February 1979"
        !             2: .UC
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: strings \- find the printable strings in a object, or other binary, file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B strings
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B \-o
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: \fB\-\fInumber\fR
        !            13: ] file ...
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Strings
        !            16: looks for ascii strings in a binary file.
        !            17: A string is any sequence of 4 or more printing characters ending with
        !            18: a newline or a null.
        !            19: Unless the
        !            20: .B \-
        !            21: flag is given,
        !            22: .I strings
        !            23: only looks in the initialized data space of object files.
        !            24: If the
        !            25: .B \-o
        !            26: flag is given, then each string is preceded by its offset in the
        !            27: file (in octal).
        !            28: If the
        !            29: \fB\-\fInumber\fR
        !            30: flag is given then number is used as the minimum string length
        !            31: rather than 4.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Strings
        !            34: is useful for identifying random object files and many other things.
        !            35: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            36: od(1)
        !            37: .SH BUGS
        !            38: The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive

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