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NAME
strings - extract printable strings
SYNOPSIS
strings [ -m min ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Strings finds and prints strings containing min (default 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 above A0. Strings reports the dec‐
imal offset within the file at which the string starts and the text of
the string.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/strings.c
SEE ALSO
nm(1)
STRINGS(1)