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Of course, you'll have to process the +.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. +.\" +.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'. +.de IX +.. +.nr rF 0 +.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1 +.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\ +. if \nF \{\ +. de IX +. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" +.. +. if !\nF==2 \{\ +. nr % 0 +. nr F 2 +. \} +. \} +.\} +.rr rF +.\" ======================================================================== +.\" +.IX Title "STRINGS 1" +.TH STRINGS 1 2024-02-21 binutils-2.42.0 "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, 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. +.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 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 BFD +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 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 +.IX Item "--unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight]" +.PD +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 +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 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 +\&\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\-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.PP +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +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 "GNU Free Documentation License". |