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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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