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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)