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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1995-07-31 17:24:17 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>1995-07-31 17:24:17 +0000
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* strings.c (print_strings): For compatibility with existing
strings programs, print strings which are not terminated with a null byte or a newline. * binutils.texi, strings.1: Update documentation accordingly.
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@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ strings [-afov] [-@var{min-len}] [-n @var{min-len}] [-t @var{radix}] [-]
For each @var{file} given, GNU @code{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 a NUL or newline
+given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable
character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
the strings from the whole file.