NAME

strings − extract printable strings

SYNOPSIS

­strings [ ­file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

­Strings finds and prints strings containing 6 consecutive printable runes in a (typically) binary file.  If the ­file argument is omitted input is taken from standard input.  Strings reports the decimal offset within the file at which the string starts and the text of the string. If the string is longer than 70 runes the line is terminated by three dots and the printing is resumed on the next line with the offset of the continuation line. 

SEE ALSO

nm(1)

Plan 9  —  January 03, 1993