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.TH string 3 2026-08-10 "Linux man-pages 6.19"
.SH NAME
string \- string operations
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <string.h>
.B #include <strings.h>
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Copy
.TP
.BR strcpy (3)
.TQ
.BR stpcpy (3)
.SS Catenate
.TP
.BR strcat (3)
.SS Duplicate
.TP
.BR strdup (3)
.TQ
.BR strdupa (3)
.SS Compare
.TP
.BR streq (3)
.TQ
.BR strcmp (3)
.TQ
.BR strcasecmp (3)
.TQ
.BR strcoll (3)
.TQ
.BR strverscmp (3)
.SS Search
.TP
.BR strlen (3)
.TQ
.BR strnul (3)
.TQ
.BR strchrnul (3)
.TQ
.BR strchr (3)
.TQ
.BR strrchr (3)
.TQ
.BR strpbrk (3)
.TQ
.BR strstr (3)
.TQ
.BR strcasestr (3)
.TQ
.BR strspn (3)
.TQ
.BR strcspn (3)
.SS Separate
.TP
.BR strsep (3)
.TQ
.BR strtok (3)
.SS Others
.TP
.BR strxfrm (3)
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR memory.h (3head),
.BR string_copying (7)