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Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/NEWS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/strings.c | 20 |
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index cc698cb..081c060 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2014-06-26 Erik Akermann <kurterikackermann@gmail.com> + + * strings.c: Add -w/--include-all-whitespace option to include any + whitespace character in the displayed strings. + * NEWS: Mention the new feature. + * doc/binutils.texi (strings): Document the new command line + option. + 2014-06-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> * readelf.c (process_note_sections): If there are no note sections diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index 8ca7a9c..60fcdb1 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -*- text -*- +* Add --include-all-whitespace to strings. + * Add --dump-section option to objcopy. * Add support for the Andes NDS32. diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 3375d36..b674b9d 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -2665,6 +2665,7 @@ strings [@option{-afovV}] [@option{-}@var{min-len}] [@option{-e} @var{encoding}] [@option{--encoding=}@var{encoding}] [@option{-}] [@option{--all}] [@option{--print-file-name}] [@option{-T} @var{bfdname}] [@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] + [@option{-w}] [@option{--include-all-whitespace}] [@option{--help}] [@option{--version}] @var{file}@dots{} @c man end @end smallexample @@ -2736,6 +2737,13 @@ Specify an object code format other than your system's default format. @itemx -V @itemx --version Print the program version number on the standard output and exit. + +@item -w +@itemx --include-all-whitespace +By default tab and space characters are included in the strings that +are displayed, but other whitespace characters, such a newlines and +carriage returns, are not. The @option{-w} option changes this so +that all whitespace characters are considered to be part of a string. @end table @c man end diff --git a/binutils/strings.c b/binutils/strings.c index bb00d41..f92132b 100644 --- a/binutils/strings.c +++ b/binutils/strings.c @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ -t {o,x,d} Print the offset within the file before each string, in octal/hex/decimal. + --include-all-whitespace + -w By default tab and space are the only whitepace included in graphic + char sequences. This option considers all of isspace() valid. + -o Like -to. (Some other implementations have -o like -to, others like -td. We chose one arbitrarily.) @@ -68,7 +72,9 @@ #define STRING_ISGRAPHIC(c) \ ( (c) >= 0 \ && (c) <= 255 \ - && ((c) == '\t' || ISPRINT (c) || (encoding == 'S' && (c) > 127))) + && ((c) == '\t' || ISPRINT (c) || (encoding == 'S' && (c) > 127) \ + || (include_all_whitespace == TRUE && ISSPACE (c))) \ + ) #ifndef errno extern int errno; @@ -83,6 +89,9 @@ static int address_radix; /* Minimum length of sequence of graphic chars to trigger output. */ static int string_min; +/* Whether or not we include all whitespace as a graphic char. */ +static bfd_boolean include_all_whitespace; + /* TRUE means print address within file for each string. */ static bfd_boolean print_addresses; @@ -108,6 +117,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {"print-file-name", no_argument, NULL, 'f'}, {"bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'n'}, {"radix", required_argument, NULL, 't'}, + {"include-all-whitespace", required_argument, NULL, 'w'}, {"encoding", required_argument, NULL, 'e'}, {"target", required_argument, NULL, 'T'}, {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'}, @@ -154,13 +164,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) expandargv (&argc, &argv); string_min = 4; + include_all_whitespace = FALSE; print_addresses = FALSE; print_filenames = FALSE; datasection_only = TRUE; target = NULL; encoding = 's'; - while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "afhHn:ot:e:T:Vv0123456789", + while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "afhHn:wot:e:T:Vv0123456789", long_options, (int *) 0)) != EOF) { switch (optc) @@ -183,6 +194,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) fatal (_("invalid integer argument %s"), optarg); break; + case 'w': + include_all_whitespace = TRUE; + break; + case 'o': print_addresses = TRUE; address_radix = 8; @@ -639,6 +654,7 @@ usage (FILE *stream, int status) -n --bytes=[number] Locate & print any NUL-terminated sequence of at\n\ -<number> least [number] characters (default 4).\n\ -t --radix={o,d,x} Print the location of the string in base 8, 10 or 16\n\ + -w --include-all-whitespace Include all whitespace as valid string characters\n\ -o An alias for --radix=o\n\ -T --target=<BFDNAME> Specify the binary file format\n\ -e --encoding={s,S,b,l,B,L} Select character size and endianness:\n\ |