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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-27 16:57:55 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-27 16:57:55 +0000
commit67d4a6033bddb7d54e3ef944dae899133e293901 (patch)
treee9fa8b31d399fbf78eb212bff674a4eb212767b0 /usr.bin/strings/strings.1
parentef3f0c32a94fffe5f70dc86aaca4e234fe407c4b (diff)
usr.bin/ man page cleanups, n-s
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diff --git a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
index d225e1eb50b..3a956ea3516 100644
--- a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
+++ b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: strings.1,v 1.2 1996/06/26 05:39:30 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: strings.1,v 1.3 1998/09/27 16:57:54 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: strings.1,v 1.4 1994/12/10 11:54:28 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Op Fl t Ar radix
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Strings
+.Nm strings
displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified
files, or in the standard input, by default.
By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ to search the entire object file.
.It Fl f
Each string is preceded by the name of the file
in which it was found.
-.It Fl n
+.It Fl n Ar number
Specifies the minimum number of characters in a sequence to be
.Ar number ,
instead of four.
.It Fl o
Each string is preceded by its octal offset in the file.
-.It Fl t
+.It Fl t Ar radix
Each string is preceded by its offset in the file. The first character of
.Ar radix
determines the radix of the offset:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ for decimal; or
for hexadecimal.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Strings
+.Nm strings
is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hexdump 1 ,