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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.43)
+.\" -*- mode: troff; coding: utf-8 -*-
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 5.01 (Pod::Simple 3.43)
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ========================================================================
@@ -15,29 +16,12 @@
.ft R
.fi
..
-.\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will
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-.tr \(*W-
-.ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p'
+.\" \*(C` and \*(C' are quotes in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>.
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-. ds -- \(*W-
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-. if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
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-. ds R" ""
. ds C` ""
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-. ds PI \(*p
-. ds L" ``
-. ds R" ''
. ds C`
. ds C'
'br\}
@@ -68,79 +52,17 @@
. \}
.\}
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-. ds ~ ~
-. ds /
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.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "STRINGS 1"
-.TH STRINGS 1 "2023-06-27" "binutils-2.40" "GNU Development Tools"
+.TH STRINGS 1 2024-04-08 binutils-2.42 "GNU Development Tools"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
.nh
-.SH "NAME"
+.SH NAME
strings \- print the sequences of printable characters in files
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
strings [\fB\-afovV\fR] [\fB\-\fR\fImin-len\fR]
[\fB\-n\fR \fImin-len\fR] [\fB\-\-bytes=\fR\fImin-len\fR]
@@ -152,9 +74,9 @@ strings [\fB\-afovV\fR] [\fB\-\fR\fImin-len\fR]
[\fB\-w\fR] [\fB\-\-include\-all\-whitespace\fR]
[\fB\-s\fR] [\fB\-\-output\-separator\fR \fIsep_string\fR]
[\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] \fIfile\fR...
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-For each \fIfile\fR given, \s-1GNU\s0 \fBstrings\fR prints the
+For each \fIfile\fR given, GNU \fBstrings\fR 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.
@@ -172,14 +94,14 @@ the presence of any \fB\-d\fR option.
.PP
\&\fBstrings\fR is mainly useful for determining the contents of
non-text files.
-.SH "OPTIONS"
+.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
-.IP "\fB\-a\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-a\fR 4
.IX Item "-a"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-all\fR 4
.IX Item "--all"
-.IP "\fB\-\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\fR 4
.IX Item "-"
.PD
Scan the whole file, regardless of what sections it contains or
@@ -191,35 +113,35 @@ The \fB\-\fR option is position dependent and forces strings to
perform full scans of any file that is mentioned after the \fB\-\fR
on the command line, even if the \fB\-d\fR option has been
specified.
-.IP "\fB\-d\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-d\fR 4
.IX Item "-d"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-data\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-data\fR 4
.IX Item "--data"
.PD
Only print strings from initialized, loaded data sections in the
file. This may reduce the amount of garbage in the output, but it
also exposes the strings program to any security flaws that may be
-present in the \s-1BFD\s0 library used to scan and load sections. Strings
+present in the BFD library used to scan and load sections. Strings
can be configured so that this option is the default behaviour. In
-such cases the \fB\-a\fR option can be used to avoid using the \s-1BFD\s0
+such cases the \fB\-a\fR option can be used to avoid using the BFD
library and instead just print all of the strings found in the file.
-.IP "\fB\-f\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-f\fR 4
.IX Item "-f"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR 4
.IX Item "--print-file-name"
.PD
Print the name of the file before each string.
-.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-help\fR 4
.IX Item "--help"
Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
-.IP "\fB\-\fR\fImin-len\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\fR\fImin-len\fR 4
.IX Item "-min-len"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-n\fR \fImin-len\fR" 4
.IX Item "-n min-len"
-.IP "\fB\-\-bytes=\fR\fImin-len\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-bytes=\fR\fImin-len\fR 4
.IX Item "--bytes=min-len"
.PD
Print sequences of displayable characters that are at least
@@ -229,7 +151,7 @@ non-displayable characters depends upon the setting of the
\&\fB\-e\fR and \fB\-U\fR options. Sequences are always terminated
at control characters such as new-line and carriage-return, but not
the tab character.
-.IP "\fB\-o\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-o\fR 4
.IX Item "-o"
Like \fB\-t o\fR. Some other versions of \fBstrings\fR have \fB\-o\fR
act like \fB\-t d\fR instead. Since we can not be compatible with both
@@ -237,7 +159,7 @@ ways, we simply chose one.
.IP "\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR" 4
.IX Item "-t radix"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR 4
.IX Item "--radix=radix"
.PD
Print the offset within the file before each string. The single
@@ -246,7 +168,7 @@ octal, \fBx\fR for hexadecimal, or \fBd\fR for decimal.
.IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIencoding\fR" 4
.IX Item "-e encoding"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-encoding=\fR\fIencoding\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-encoding=\fR\fIencoding\fR 4
.IX Item "--encoding=encoding"
.PD
Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
@@ -255,14 +177,14 @@ characters (default), \fBS\fR =
single\-8\-bit\-byte characters, \fBb\fR = 16\-bit bigendian, \fBl\fR =
16\-bit littleendian, \fBB\fR = 32\-bit bigendian, \fBL\fR = 32\-bit
littleendian. Useful for finding wide character strings. (\fBl\fR
-and \fBb\fR apply to, for example, Unicode \s-1UTF\-16/UCS\-2\s0 encodings).
+and \fBb\fR apply to, for example, Unicode UTF\-16/UCS\-2 encodings).
.IP "\fB\-U\fR \fI[d|i|l|e|x|h]\fR" 4
.IX Item "-U [d|i|l|e|x|h]"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-unicode=\fR\fI[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-unicode=\fR\fI[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]\fR 4
.IX Item "--unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]"
.PD
-Controls the display of \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoded multibyte characters in strings.
+Controls the display of UTF\-8 encoded multibyte characters in strings.
The default (\fB\-\-unicode=default\fR) is to give them no special
treatment, and instead rely upon the setting of the
\&\fB\-\-encoding\fR option. The other values for this option
@@ -273,7 +195,7 @@ characters and hence not part of a valid string. All the remaining
options treat them as valid string characters.
.Sp
The \fB\-\-unicode=locale\fR option displays them in the current
-locale, which may or may not support \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoding. The
+locale, which may or may not support UTF\-8 encoding. The
\&\fB\-\-unicode=hex\fR option displays them as hex byte sequences
enclosed between \fI<>\fR characters. The \fB\-\-unicode=escape\fR
option displays them as escape sequences (\fI\euxxxx\fR) and the
@@ -284,40 +206,40 @@ where they might not be expected.
.IP "\fB\-T\fR \fIbfdname\fR" 4
.IX Item "-T bfdname"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\fR 4
.IX Item "--target=bfdname"
.PD
Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
-.IP "\fB\-v\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-v\fR 4
.IX Item "-v"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-V\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-V\fR 4
.IX Item "-V"
-.IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-version\fR 4
.IX Item "--version"
.PD
Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.
-.IP "\fB\-w\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-w\fR 4
.IX Item "-w"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-include\-all\-whitespace\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-include\-all\-whitespace\fR 4
.IX Item "--include-all-whitespace"
.PD
By default tab and space characters are included in the strings that
are displayed, but other whitespace characters, such a newlines and
carriage returns, are not. The \fB\-w\fR option changes this so
that all whitespace characters are considered to be part of a string.
-.IP "\fB\-s\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-s\fR 4
.IX Item "-s"
.PD 0
-.IP "\fB\-\-output\-separator\fR" 4
+.IP \fB\-\-output\-separator\fR 4
.IX Item "--output-separator"
.PD
By default, output strings are delimited by a new-line. This option
allows you to supply any string to be used as the output record
separator. Useful with \-\-include\-all\-whitespace where strings
may contain new-lines internally.
-.IP "\fB@\fR\fIfile\fR" 4
+.IP \fB@\fR\fIfile\fR 4
.IX Item "@file"
Read command-line options from \fIfile\fR. The options read are
inserted in place of the original @\fIfile\fR option. If \fIfile\fR
@@ -334,13 +256,13 @@ with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBar\fR\|(1), \fBnm\fR\|(1), \fBobjdump\fR\|(1), \fBranlib\fR\|(1), \fBreadelf\fR\|(1)
and the Info entries for \fIbinutils\fR.
-.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright (c) 1991\-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (c) 1991\-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the \s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
-section entitled \*(L"\s-1GNU\s0 Free Documentation License\*(R".
+section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".