Add new command line option '--encoding' to strings

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index ecb767c..6b6f19e 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1853,9 +1853,12 @@ ar(1), objdump(1), readelf(1), and the Info entries for @file{binutils}.
 
 @smallexample
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS strings
-strings [@option{-afov}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}] [@option{-n} @var{min-len}] [@option{-t} @var{radix}] [@option{-}]
-        [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}] [@option{--bytes=}@var{min-len}]
-        [@option{--radix=}@var{radix}] [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
+strings [@option{-afov}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}]
+        [@option{-n} @var{min-len}] [@option{--bytes=}@var{min-len}]
+        [@option{-t} @var{radix}] [@option{--radix=}@var{radix}]
+        [@option{-e} @var{encoding}] [@option{--encoding=}@var{encoding}]
+        [@option{-}] [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}]
+        [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
         [@option{--help}] [@option{--version}] @var{file}@dots{}
 @c man end
 @end smallexample
@@ -1907,6 +1910,15 @@ Print the offset within the file before each string.  The single
 character argument specifies the radix of the offset---@samp{o} for
 octal, @samp{x} for hexadecimal, or @samp{d} for decimal.
 
+@item -e @var{encoding}
+@itemx --encoding=@var{encoding}
+Select the character encoding of the strings that are to be found.
+Possible values for @var{encoding} are: @samp{s} = single-byte
+characters (ASCII, ISO 8859, etc., default), @samp{b} = 16-bit
+Bigendian, @samp{l} = 16-bit Littleendian, @samp{B} = 32-bit Bigendian,
+@samp{L} = 32-bit Littleendian. Useful for finding wide character
+strings.
+
 @item --target=@var{bfdname}
 @cindex object code format
 Specify an object code format other than your system's default format.