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- Snooper (SNOOPER.EXE) is an all-purpose program for finding text
- strings in any file of any size.
-
- Snooper blasts through spreadsheets, program files (like
- BASICA.COM), or any kind of disk file and snoops out hidden
- messages.
-
- To use Snooper, enter SNOOPER FILENAME.EXT [/O] at the DOS
- prompt. (If you want to see each string's offset in the file, use
- the optional /O switch.) Try Snooper on COMMAND.COM, for example,
- and you'll see arcane messages like ``Top level process aborted,
- cannot continue.'' You can use the program with redirection
- commands or filters:
-
- SNOOPER \TP\TURBO.EXE | FIND "Mermaid"
-
- Snooper runs on any IBM PC, XT, AT, or compatible with at
- least 64K of memory, and DOS 2.0 or higher.
-
- For more information on Snooper, see the "Programming Power"
- column in this issue's magazine.