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+.\" ========================================================================
+.\"
+.IX Title "STRINGS 1"
+.TH STRINGS 1 "2023-06-27" "binutils-2.40" "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"
+strings \- print the sequences of printable characters in files
+.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]
+ [\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR] [\fB\-\-radix=\fR\fIradix\fR]
+ [\fB\-e\fR \fIencoding\fR] [\fB\-\-encoding=\fR\fIencoding\fR]
+ [\fB\-U\fR \fImethod\fR] [\fB\-\-unicode=\fR\fImethod\fR]
+ [\fB\-\fR] [\fB\-\-all\fR] [\fB\-\-print\-file\-name\fR]
+ [\fB\-T\fR \fIbfdname\fR] [\fB\-\-target=\fR\fIbfdname\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"
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+For each \fIfile\fR given, \s-1GNU\s0 \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.
+.PP
+Depending upon how the strings program was configured it will default
+to either displaying all the printable sequences that it can find in
+each file, or only those sequences that are in loadable, initialized
+data sections. If the file type is unrecognizable, or if strings is
+reading from stdin then it will always display all of the printable
+sequences that it can find.
+.PP
+For backwards compatibility any file that occurs after a command-line
+option of just \fB\-\fR will also be scanned in full, regardless of
+the presence of any \fB\-d\fR option.
+.PP
+\&\fBstrings\fR is mainly useful for determining the contents of
+non-text files.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.IX Header "OPTIONS"
+.IP "\fB\-a\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-a"
+.PD 0
+.IP "\fB\-\-all\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--all"
+.IP "\fB\-\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-"
+.PD
+Scan the whole file, regardless of what sections it contains or
+whether those sections are loaded or initialized. Normally this is
+the default behaviour, but strings can be configured so that the
+\&\fB\-d\fR is the default instead.
+.Sp
+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
+.IX Item "-d"
+.PD 0
+.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
+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
+library and instead just print all of the strings found in the file.
+.IP "\fB\-f\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-f"
+.PD 0
+.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
+.IX Item "--help"
+Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
+.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
+.IX Item "--bytes=min-len"
+.PD
+Print sequences of displayable characters that are at least
+\&\fImin-len\fR characters long. If not specified a default minimum
+length of 4 is used. The distinction between displayable and
+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
+.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
+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
+.IX Item "--radix=radix"
+.PD
+Print the offset within the file before each string. The single
+character argument specifies the radix of the offset\-\-\-\fBo\fR for
+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
+.IX Item "--encoding=encoding"
+.PD
+Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
+Possible values for \fIencoding\fR are: \fBs\fR = single\-7\-bit\-byte
+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).
+.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
+.IX Item "--unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]"
+.PD
+Controls the display of \s-1UTF\-8\s0 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
+automatically enable \fB\-\-encoding=S\fR.
+.Sp
+The \fB\-\-unicode=invalid\fR option treats them as non-graphic
+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
+\&\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
+\&\fB\-\-unicode=highlight\fR option displays them as escape sequences
+highlighted in red (if supported by the output device). The colouring
+is intended to draw attention to the presence of unicode sequences
+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
+.IX Item "--target=bfdname"
+.PD
+Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.
+.IP "\fB\-v\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-v"
+.PD 0
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-V"
+.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
+.IX Item "-w"
+.PD 0
+.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
+.IX Item "-s"
+.PD 0
+.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
+.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
+does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated
+literally, and not removed.
+.Sp
+Options in \fIfile\fR are separated by whitespace. A whitespace
+character may be included in an option by surrounding the entire
+option in either single or double quotes. Any character (including a
+backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be included
+with a backslash. The \fIfile\fR may itself contain additional
+@\fIfile\fR options; any such options will be processed recursively.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.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"
+.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
+Copyright (c) 1991\-2023 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
+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".