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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)



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