1 .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation
2 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
3 .TH nm 1 "25 June 1993" "cygnus support" "GNU Development Tools"
11 strings\(em\&print the strings of printable characters in files
20 .RB "[\|" \-f | \-\-print\-file\-name "\|]"
22 .RB "[\|" \-\-help "\|]"
23 .RB "[\|" \-v | \-\-version "\|]"
43 prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
44 characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
45 followed by a NUL or newline character. By default, it only prints
46 the strings from the initialized data sections of object files; for
47 other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
51 is mainly useful for determining the contents of non-text files.
54 The long and short forms of options, shown here as alternatives, are
63 Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
69 .B \-\-print\-file\-name
70 Print the name of the file before each string.
74 Print a summary of the options to
76 on the standard output and exit.
82 Print the version number
85 on the standard output and exit.
88 .B "\-n \fImin\-len\fP"
91 .B "\-bytes=\fImin\-len\fP"
92 Print sequences of characters that are at least
94 characters long, instead of the default 4.
99 .BR "\-\-radix=" {o,x,d}
100 Print the offset within the file before each string. The single
101 character argument specifies the radix of the offset\(emoctal,
102 hexadecimal, or decimal.
112 .RB "`\|" binutils "\|'"
118 The GNU Binary Utilities\c
119 \&, Roland H. Pesch (October 1991);
127 Copyright (c) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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