[X-Unix] How does one find a string in a binary file, etc.?

[Eric F Crist]

 From my Tiger -> Leopard MBP 15 from 2006 (w/Dev Toolkit):

foobeans at beans:~/> man strings
STRINGS
(1
)                                                                              STRINGS
(1)



NAME
        strings - find the printable strings in a object, or other  
binary, file

SYNOPSIS
        strings [ - ] [ -a ] [ -o ] [ -t format ] [ -number ] [ -n  
number ] [--] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
        Strings  looks for ASCII strings in a binary file or standard  
input.  Strings is useful for identify-
        ing random object files and many other things.  A string is  
any sequence of 4 (the default)  or  more
        printing  characters  ending  with a newline or a null.   
Unless the - flag is given, strings looks in
        all sections of the object files except the (__TEXT,__text)  
section.  If no files are specified stan-
        dard input is read.


On Sep 2, 2008, at 3:46 PM, David Ledger wrote:

> At 12:53 -0700 2/9/08, Kevin Stevens wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, David Ledger wrote:
>>
>>> At 09:06 -0700 2/9/08, Aaron wrote:
>>>>> Try "man strings".
>>>> That gets a negative result. "man string" turns up a bunch of C  
>>>> functions. "apropos string" turns up lots and lots of C functions  
>>>> and a few other useless items. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> My Leopard is also missing a man page for 'strings'. For other  
>>> versions of strings
>>
>> Hmm, my 10.5.4 box has the man page, dated 2006.  It was an upgrade  
>> from 10.4, I wonder if I inherited it from there, or maybe from the  
>> developer toolkit?
>>
>> KeS
>
> Odd. My Leopard mini, that was installed with a fresh install when  
> nearly new, has it, but my Panther-Tiger-Leopard Updated 17"PB  
> doesn't. Both have the Dev Toolkit installed.
> Oh-well...
>
> David
>
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Eric Crist