strings - print the strings of printable characters in files.
strings [-afovV] [-min-len]
 [-n min-len] [--bytes=min-len]
 [-t radix] [--radix=radix]
 [-e encoding] [--encoding=encoding]
 [-] [--all] [--print-file-name]
 [-T bfdname] [--target=bfdname]
 [-w] [--include-all-whitespace]
 [-s] [--output-separatorsep_string]
 [--help] [--version] file...
For each file given, GNU strings prints the printable character
  sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number given with the
  options below) and are followed by an unprintable character.
Depending upon how the strings program was configured it will
    default to either displaying all the printable sequences that it can find in
    each file, or only those sequences that are in loadable, initialized data
    sections. If the file type in unrecognizable, or if strings is reading from
    stdin then it will always display all of the printable sequences that it can
    find.
For backwards compatibility any file that occurs after a command
    line option of just - will also be scanned in full, regardless of the
    presence of any -d option.
strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of
    non-text files.
  - -a
- --all
- -
- Scan the whole file, regardless of what sections it contains or whether
      those sections are loaded or initialized. Normally this is the default
      behaviour, but strings can be configured so that the -d is the
      default instead.
    The - option is position dependent and forces strings
        to perform full scans of any file that is mentioned after the -
        on the command line, even if the -d option has been
      specified. 
- -d
- --data
- Only print strings from initialized, loaded data sections in the file.
      This may reduce the amount of garbage in the output, but it also exposes
      the strings program to any security flaws that may be present in the BFD
      library used to scan and load sections. Strings can be configured so that
      this option is the default behaviour. In such cases the -a option
      can be used to avoid using the BFD library and instead just print all of
      the strings found in the file.
- -f
- --print-file-name
- Print the name of the file before each string.
- --help
- Print a summary of the program usage on the standard output and exit.
- -min-len
- -n min-len
- --bytes=min-len
- Print sequences of characters that are at least min-len characters
      long, instead of the default 4.
- -o
- Like -t o. Some other versions of strings have -o act
      like -t d instead. Since we can not be compatible with both ways,
      we simply chose one.
- -t radix
- --radix=radix
- Print the offset within the file before each string. The single character
      argument specifies the radix of the offset---o for octal, x
      for hexadecimal, or d for decimal.
- -e encoding
- --encoding=encoding
- Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
      Possible values for encoding are: s = single-7-bit-byte
      characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), S = single-8-bit-byte
      characters, b = 16-bit bigendian, l = 16-bit littleendian,
      B = 32-bit bigendian, L = 32-bit littleendian. Useful for
      finding wide-character strings. (l and b apply to, for
      example, Unicode UTF-16/UCS-2 encodings).
- -T bfdname
- --target=bfdname
- Specify an object code format other than your system's default
    format.
- -v
- -V
- --version
- Print the program version number on the standard output and exit.
- -w
- --include-all-whitespace
- By default tab and space characters are included in the strings that are
      displayed, but other whitespace characters, such a newlines and carriage
      returns, are not. The -w option changes this so that all whitespace
      characters are considered to be part of a string.
- -s
- --output-separator
- By default, output strings are delimited by a new-line. This option allows
      you to supply any string to be used as the output record separator. Useful
      with --include-all-whitespace where strings may contain new-lines
      internally.
- @file
- Read command-line options from file. The options read are inserted
      in place of the original @file option. If file does not
      exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treated literally, and
      not removed.
    Options in file are separated by whitespace. A
        whitespace character may be included in an option by surrounding the
        entire option in either single or double quotes. Any character
        (including a backslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be
        included with a backslash. The file may itself contain additional
        @file options; any such options will be processed
      recursively. 
ar(1), nm(1), objdump(1), ranlib(1),
  readelf(1) and the Info entries for binutils.
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