[Ilugc] One Day One GNU/Linux Command (STRINGS)

[Bharathi Subramanian]

One Day One GNU/Linux Command
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strings - Print the strings of printable characters in files.

Summary:

For each file given, strings prints the printable character sequences
that are at least 4 characters long & are followed by an unprintable
character. Strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of
non-text files.

Example:

$ strings /bin/ls -- Prints the strings from initialized & loaded
                     sections.

$ strings -a file -- Scan the whole file for the strings.

$ strings -f /bin/* | grep Free -- Print Filename before each string.

$ strings -t o file -- Print the offset within the file before each  
                      string [o = octal, x = hex, d = decimal].

$ strings -n 10 file -- Print sequences of characters that are at
                        least 10 characters long (Default 4).

NOTE: Write one "Hello World" Program in C and try this command on
the binary file(a.out) of that program.

Read: man strings

HTH :)
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Bharathi S