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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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@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ given, GNU \c
.B 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 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.
+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.
.PP
.B strings