strings [-afov
] [-
min-len] [-n
min-len] [--bytes=
min-len] [-t
radix] [--radix=
radix] [-e
encoding] [--encoding=
encoding] [-
] [--all
] [--print-file-name
] [--target=
bfdname] [--help
] [--version
] file...
For each file given, GNU strings
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. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
strings
is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files.
-a
--all
-
-f
--print-file-name
--help
-
min-len-n
min-len--bytes=
min-len-o
-t o
. Some other versions of strings
have -o
act like -t d
instead. Since we can not be compatible with both ways, we simply chose one.-t
radix--radix=
radixo
for octal, x
for hexadecimal, or d
for decimal.-e
encoding--encoding=
encodings
= single-7-bit-byte characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), S
= single-8-bit-byte characters, b
= 16-bit bigendian, l
= 16-bit littleendian, B
= 32-bit bigendian, L
= 32-bit littleendian. Useful for finding wide character strings.--target=
bfdname-v
--version