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NAME

       strings - extract printable strings

SYNOPSIS

       strings [ file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Strings  finds  and  prints  strings  containing  6 or more consecutive
       printable UTF-encoded characters in a (typically) binary file,  default
       standard  input.  Printable characters are taken to be ASCII characters
       from blank through tilde (hexadecimal 20 through  7E),  inclusive,  and
       all  other  characters  from  value  00A0 to FFFF.  Strings reports the
       decimal offset within the file at which the string starts and the  text
       of  the  string.  If  the  string  is  longer than 70 runes the line is
       terminated by three dots and the printing is resumed on the  next  line
       with the offset of the continuation line.

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/strings.c

SEE ALSO

       nm(1)

                                                                    STRINGS(1)