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53 lines
867 B
Groff
53 lines
867 B
Groff
.Dd February 17, 2015
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.Dt STRINGS 1
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.Os sbase
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm strings
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.Nd print strings of printable characters in files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a
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.Op Fl n Ar num
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.Op Fl t Ar format
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.Op Ar file ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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writes sequences of at least 4 printable characters in each
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.Ar file
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to stdout.
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If no
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.Ar file
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is given,
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.Nm
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reads from stdin.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a
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Scan each
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.Ar file
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entirely. This is the default.
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.It Fl n Ar num
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Print sequences of at least
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.Ar num
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characters. The default is 4.
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.It Fl t Ar format
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Prepend each string with its byte offset, with
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.Ar format
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being one of
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.Sy d , o , x
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for decimal, octal or hexadecimal numbers.
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.El
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is compliant with the
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.St -p1003.1-2008
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specification.
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.Pp
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The
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.Op Fl t
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output format has been changed from "%F %s" to "%8lF: %s", with
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.Sy F
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being one of
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.Sy d , o , x .
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