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diff --git a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1aout b/usr.bin/strings/strings.1aout deleted file mode 100644 index ceeae10..0000000 --- a/usr.bin/strings/strings.1aout +++ /dev/null @@ -1,96 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)strings.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 -.\" -.Dd June 6, 1993 -.Dt STRINGS 1 -.Os BSD 3 -.Sh NAME -.Nm strings -.Nd find printable strings in a file -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm strings -.Op Fl afo -.Op Fl n Ar number -.Op Ar file ... -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Strings -displays the sequences of printable characters in each of the specified -files, or in the standard input, by default. -By default, a sequence must be at least four characters in length -before being displayed. -.Pp -The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Fl a -By default, -.Nm strings -only searches the text and data segments of object files. -The -.Fl a -option causes -.Nm strings -to search the entire object file. -.It Fl f -Each string is preceded by the name of the file -in which it was found. -.It Fl n -Specifies the minimum number of characters in a sequence to be -.Ar number , -instead of four. -.It Fl o -Each string is preceded by its decimal offset in the -file. -.El -.Pp -.Nm Strings -is useful for identifying random binaries, among other things. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr hexdump 1 -.Sh BUGS -The algorithm for identifying strings is extremely primitive. -In particular, machine code instructions on certain architectures -can resemble sequences of ASCII bytes, which -will fool the algorithm. -.Sh COMPATIBILITY -Historic implementations of -.Nm -only search the initialized data portion of the object file. -This was reasonable as strings were normally stored there. -Given new compiler technology which installs strings in the -text portion of the object file, the default behavior was -changed. -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -command appeared in -.Bx 3.0 . |