This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2024) |
Written in | C |
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Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
License | Plan 9: MIT License |
In computer software, strings is a program in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems that finds and prints the strings of printable characters in files. The files can be of regular text files or binary files such as executables. It can be used on object files and core dumps. strings is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files.