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  1. .TH STRINGS 1
  2. .SH NAME
  3. strings \- extract printable strings
  4. .SH SYNOPSIS
  5. .B strings
  6. [
  7. .B -m
  8. .I min
  9. ] [
  10. .I file ...
  11. ]
  12. .SH DESCRIPTION
  13. .I Strings
  14. finds and prints strings containing
  15. .I min
  16. (default 6)
  17. or more
  18. consecutive printable
  19. .SM UTF\c
  20. -encoded characters
  21. in a (typically) binary file, default
  22. standard input.
  23. Printable characters are taken to be
  24. .SM ASCII
  25. characters from blank through tilde (hexadecimal 20 through 7E), inclusive,
  26. and
  27. all other characters from value 00A0 to FFFF.
  28. Strings reports
  29. the decimal offset within the file at which the string starts and the text
  30. of the string. If the string is longer than 70 runes the line is
  31. terminated by three dots and the printing is resumed on the next
  32. line with the offset of the continuation line.
  33. .SH SOURCE
  34. .B /sys/src/cmd/strings.c
  35. .SH SEE ALSO
  36. .IR nm (1)