NAME
strings - extract strings
SYNOPSIS
strings [-afo] [-n length] [-t {d|o|x}] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
strings
prints strings gleaned from the given files (or from standard input.) By default strings of less than 4 characters are ignored. A string is considered to be any sequence of graphical ASCII characters (plus space and tab).
Options:
-f Print the file name
with
each
string.
-n
length
Set the minimum
length
of strings to
; 4 by
default
.
-o Print
each
string
with
the octal offset in the file.
(Same as -to).
-t {d|o|x} Print
each
string
with
the offset in the file;
specify decimal, octal or hexadecimal respectively.
The -a option is included for compatibility with older versions but does nothing.
BUGS
Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream;
Highlows pass as patent leathers;
Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers.