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+.\"     @(#)strings.1	6.11 (Berkeley) 5/9/91
+.\"
+.Dd May 9, 1991
+.Dt STRINGS 1
+.Os BSD 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm strings
+.Nd find printable strings in a file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm strings
+.Op Fl afo
+.Op Fl n Ar number
+.Op Ar file ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Strings
+displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified
+files, or in the standard input, by default.
+By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length
+before being displayed.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+By default,
+.Nm strings
+only searches the text and data segments of object files.
+The
+.Fl a
+option causes
+.Nm strings
+to search the entire object file.
+.It Fl f
+Each string is preceded by the name of the file
+in which it was found.
+.It Fl n
+Specifies the minimum number of characters in a sequence to be
+.Ar number ,
+instead of four.
+.It Fl o
+Each string is preceded by its decimal offset in the
+file.
+.El
+.Pp
+.Nm Strings
+is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr hexdump 1
+.Sh BUGS
+The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive.
+In particular, machine code instructions on certain architectures
+can resemble sequences of ASCII bytes, which
+will fool the algorithm.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+Historic implementations of
+.Nm
+only search the initialized data portion of the object file.
+This was reasonable as strings were normally stored there.
+Given new compiler technology which installs strings in the 
+text portion of the object file, the default behavior was
+changed.
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .