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1 .Dd October 8, 2015 | |
2 .Dt STRINGS 1 | |
3 .Os sbase | |
4 .Sh NAME | |
5 .Nm strings | |
6 .Nd print strings of printable characters in files | |
7 .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
8 .Nm | |
9 .Op Fl a | |
10 .Op Fl n Ar num | |
11 .Op Fl t Ar format | |
12 .Op Ar file ... | |
13 .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
14 .Nm | |
15 writes sequences of at least 4 printable characters in each | |
16 .Ar file | |
17 to stdout. | |
18 If no | |
19 .Ar file | |
20 is given, | |
21 .Nm | |
22 reads from stdin. | |
23 .Sh OPTIONS | |
24 .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
25 .It Fl a | |
26 Scan each | |
27 .Ar file | |
28 entirely. | |
29 This is the default. | |
30 .It Fl n Ar num | |
31 Print sequences of at least | |
32 .Ar num | |
33 characters. | |
34 The default is 4. | |
35 .It Fl t Ar format | |
36 Prepend each string with its byte offset, with | |
37 .Ar format | |
38 being one of | |
39 .Sy d , o , x | |
40 for decimal, octal or hexadecimal numbers. | |
41 .El | |
42 .Sh STANDARDS | |
43 The | |
44 .Nm | |
45 utility is compliant with the | |
46 .St -p1003.1-2013 | |
47 specification. | |
48 .Pp | |
49 The | |
50 .Op Fl t | |
51 output format has been changed from "%F %s" to "%8lF: %s", with | |
52 .Sy F | |
53 being one of | |
54 .Sy d , o , x . |