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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/strings')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/strings/strings.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 index 3a956ea3516..1ca6a5d40fa 100644 --- a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 +++ b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: strings.1,v 1.3 1998/09/27 16:57:54 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: strings.1,v 1.4 1999/06/05 01:21:41 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 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 @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a By default, -.Nm strings +.Nm only searches the text and data segments of object files. The .Fl a option causes -.Nm strings +.Nm to search the entire object file. .It Fl f Each string is preceded by the name of the file @@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ Each string is preceded by its octal offset in the file. .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: +determines the radix of the offset: .Sq o -for octal; +for octal; .Sq d -for decimal; or +for decimal; or .Sq x for hexadecimal. .El .Pp -.Nm strings +.Nm is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr hexdump 1 , @@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ Historic implementations of .Nm only search the initialized data portion of the object file. This was reasonable as strings were normally stored there. -Given new compiler technology which installs strings in the +Given new compiler technology which installs strings in the text portion of the object file, the default behavior was changed. .Sh STANDARDS -The +The .Nm utility conforms to .St -p1003.2-92 . |