strings [-afovV] [-min-len]
[-n min-len] [--bytes=min-len]
[-t radix] [--radix=radix]
[-e encoding] [--encoding=encoding]
[-] [--all] [--print-file-name]
[-T bfdname] [--target=bfdname]
[--help] [--version] file…
For each file given, GNU strings prints the printable
character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable
character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
the strings from the whole file.
strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text
files.
-a--all-Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files; scan the whole files.
-f--print-file-namePrint the name of the file before each string.
--helpPrint a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
-min-len-n min-len--bytes=min-lenPrint sequences of characters that are at least min-len characters long, instead of the default 4.
-oLike ‘-t o’. Some other versions of strings have -o
act like ‘-t d’ instead. Since we can not be compatible with both
ways, we simply chose one.
-t radix--radix=radixPrint the offset within the file before each string. The single character argument specifies the radix of the offset—‘o’ for octal, ‘x’ for hexadecimal, or ‘d’ for decimal.
-e encoding--encoding=encodingSelect the character encoding of the strings that are to be found. Possible values for encoding are: ‘s’ = single-7-bit-byte characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), ‘S’ = single-8-bit-byte characters, ‘b’ = 16-bit bigendian, ‘l’ = 16-bit littleendian, ‘B’ = 32-bit bigendian, ‘L’ = 32-bit littleendian. Useful for finding wide character strings. (‘l’ and ‘b’ apply to, for example, Unicode UTF-16/UCS-2 encodings).
-T bfdname--target=bfdnameSpecify an object code format other than your system’s default format. See Target Selection, for more information.
-v-V--versionPrint the program version number on the standard output and exit.