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.TH STRINGS 1
.SH NAME
strings \- extract printable strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B strings
[
.B -m
.I min
] [
.I file ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Strings
finds and prints strings containing
.I min
(default 6)
or more
consecutive printable
.SM UTF\c
-encoded characters
in a (typically) binary file, default
standard input.
Printable characters are taken to be
.SM ASCII
characters from blank through tilde (hexadecimal 20 through 7E), inclusive,
and
all other characters above A0.
Strings reports
the decimal offset within the file at which the string starts and the text
of the string.
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/strings.c
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR nm (1)