STRINGS(1) GNU Development Tools STRINGS(1) (NAME) strings - (SYNOPSIS) strings [-afovV] [-min-len] [-n min-len] [--bytes=min-len] [-t radix] [--radix=radix] [-e encoding] [--encoding=encoding] [-U method] [--unicode=method] [-] [--all] [--print-file-name] [-T bfdname] [--target=bfdname] [-w] [--include-all-whitespace] [-s] [--output-separator sep_string] [--help] [--version] file... (DESCRIPTION) file GNU strings ( ) . strings (initialized) . strings stdin . - -d . strings . (OPTIONS) -a --all - . strings -d . - strings - -d . -d --data . (garbage) strings BFD ( ) . strings . -a BFD . -f --print-file-name . --help . -min-len -n min-len --bytes=min-len min-len . . -e -U . (newline) (carriage return) (tab) . -o -t o. strings -o -t d . . -t radix --radix=radix . : o (octal) x (hexadecimal) d (decimal). -e encoding --encoding=encoding . encoding : s = - () S = - b = - bigendian l = - littleendian B = - bigendian L = - littleendian. (wide character) (l b UTF-16/UCS-2 ). -U [d|i|l|e|x|h] --unicode=[default|invalid|locale|escape|hex|highlight] UTF-8 . (--unicode=default) --encoding . --encoding=S . --unicode=invalid . . --unicode=locale UTF-8 . --unicode=hex <> . --unicode=escape (\uxxxx) --unicode=highlight ( ) . . -T bfdname --target=bfdname (object code) . -v -V --version . -w --include-all-whitespace . -w . -s --output-separator . . --include-all-whitespace . @file file. @file . file . file . . ( ) . file @file . (SEE ALSO) ar(1) nm(1) objdump(1) ranlib(1) readelf(1) Info binutils. (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (c) 1991-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. / (GNU Free Documentation License) . (Free Software Foundation) . <> . binutils-2.45.1 2026-01-23 STRINGS(1)