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