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diff --git a/binutils/strings.1 b/binutils/strings.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..81d0d60 --- /dev/null +++ b/binutils/strings.1 @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation +.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution +.TH nm 1 "25 June 1993" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools" +.de BP +.sp +.ti \-.2i +\(** +.. + +.SH NAME +strings\(em\&print the strings of printable characters in files + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.hy 0 +.na +.TP +.B strings +.RB "[\|" \-a | \-\c +.RB | \-\-all "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-f | \-\-print\-file\-name "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-o "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-v | \-\-version "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-n +.I min\-len\c +.RI | \-min\-len\c +.RB | "\-\-bytes="\c +.I min\-len\c +\&\|] +.RB "[\|" \-t +.I {o,x,d}\c +.RB | "\-\-radix="\c +.I {o,x,d}\c +\&\|] +.I file\c +.ad b +.hy 1 +.SH DESCRIPTION +For each +.I file +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 data sections of object files; for +other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file. + +.PP +.B strings +is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files. + +.SH OPTIONS +The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are +equivalent. + +.TP +.B \-a +.TP +.B \-\-all +.TP +.B \- +Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan +the whole files. + +.TP +.B \-f +.TP +.B \-\-print\-file\-name +Print the name of the file before each string. + +.TP +.B \-\-help +Print a summary of the options to +.B strings +on the standard output and exit. + +.TP +.B \-v +.TP +.B \-\-version +Print the version number +of +.B strings +on the standard output and exit. + +.TP +.B "\-n \fImin\-len\fP" +.B "\-\fImin\-len\fP" +.TP +.B "\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP" +Print sequences of characters that are at least +.I min\-len +characters long, instead of the default 4. + +.TP +.BR "\-t " {o,x,d} +.TP +.BR "\-\-radix=" {o,x,d} +Print the offset within the file before each string. The single +character argument specifies the radix of the offset\(emoctal, +hexadecimal, or decimal. + +.TP +.B \-o +Like +.BR "\-t o" . + +.PP + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.RB "`\|" binutils "\|'" +entry in +.B +info\c +\&; +.I +The GNU Binary Utilities\c +\&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991); +.BR ar ( 1 ), +.BR nm ( 1 ), +.BR objdump ( 1 ), +.BR ranlib ( 1 ). + + +.SH COPYING +Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.PP +Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of +this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice +are preserved on all copies. +.PP +Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +permission notice identical to this one. +.PP +Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this +manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified +versions, except that this permission notice may be included in +translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in +the original English. |