Reference: strings
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:55:14Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## strings

    strings [options] files

endings::newline/null sequence endings" Search object or binary `files` for sequences of four or more printable characters that end with a newline or null. See also od.

### Options

-a

  Search entire `file`, not just the initialized data portion of object files. Can also specify this option as -.

-o

  Display the string's offset position before the string.

-n `n`

  Minimum string length is `n` (default is 4). Can also specify this option as -`n`.

Reference: srchtxt |  | Reference: strip