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- STRINGS OS9/MSDOS STRINGS
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- NAME
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- Strings - find and print ASCII strings in a binary file
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- SYNOPSIS
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- Strings [n] filename
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Strings will read 'filename' looking for ASCII strings of
- at least 'n' characters in length. The default for 'n' is
- three characters. When found, it is printed, prceded by
- its offset location in the file (in hexadecimal). This is
- very useful for locating ASCII constants (filenames, etc.)
- in binary files for purposes of patching.
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- EXAMPLES
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- Strings 6 /dd/cmds/strings
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- SEE ALSO
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- N/A
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- BUGS
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- Strings has no way of determining if an ASCII string is
- coherent.
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- AUTHORS
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- Steve Sampson - MSDOS
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- Peter W. Lyall, Jr. - OS9
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- Last printed: 12/30/87 Page 1