.TH strings 1

'''

.SH NAME

strings \- print sequences of printable characters from a file

'''

.SH SYNOPSIS

strings [\fB-x\fR] [\fIfile\fR]

.br

strings \fB-n\fR[\fBx\fR] \fIlength\fR [\fIfile\fR]

'''

.SH DESCRIPTION

strings scans \fIfile\fR or standard input for uninterrupted sequences

of at least \fIlength\fR printable bytes. The default length is 6,

and pritable bytes are those with values 0x20..0x7E or 0x09 (tab).

'''

.SH OPTIONS

.IP "\fB-n\fR" 4

Set minimal sequence length.

.IP "\fB-x\fR" 4

Do not print offsets.

'''

.SH NOTES

This version of strings treats any file as a sequences of bytes without

any internal structure.

.P

The tool of the same name from GNU binutils can skip non-data sections

of executable files. This behavior is not supported.

'''

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBhexdump\fR(1)